Look Smart Trivia: Birds

JasonToon posted some pics said Wed, Mar 13th 2019 at 10:31am ET

Hey, look, it’s a visual-identification challenge that already attracts a dedicated community of detail-obsessed watchers. I’m talking about birds and that rhymes with nerds and that’s who plays this game! Peep these feathery little bastards. If you’re the first to post their IDs below, you’ll fly off with a $5 Meh coupon. Insert signoff catchphrase here!

Absolute legend @cinoclav took a squiz at our Aussie Icons yesterday arvo and smashed it with a ripper set of answers. Good on ya! Cop a $5 Meh coupon for your trouble, you beaut!

Bob Hawke
Chrissy Amphlett
Bunnings sausage sizzle
Kath & Kim
The Castle

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Barney said Wed, Mar 13th 2019 at 10:36am ET:
1. Bird with greenish yellow feathers.
2. Show off bird with bright orange feathers.
3. Duck crossed with a zebra.
4. Pretty fuzzy little blue and white bird.
5. Bird with ugly feet.
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msklzannie said Wed, Mar 13th 2019 at 10:43am ET:

For some reason Google thinks #2 is a woodpecker and #5 is a snail.

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sammydog01 said Wed, Mar 13th 2019 at 11:01am ET:

IT’S A LOON! How appropriate.

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- @sammydog01 And a scarlet tanager. We get those!
  
  sammydog01 said Wed, Mar 13th 2019 at 11:04am ET
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Kessilari said Wed, Mar 13th 2019 at 11:49am ET:
1. Red eyed vireo
2. Scarlet tanager
3. Common loon
4. Blue gray gnatcatcher
5. Virginia rail
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jrwofuga said Wed, Mar 13th 2019 at 11:59am ET:

Red-eyed Vireo
Scarlet Tanager
Common Loon
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Virginia Rail

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- 10 minutes late and a dollar short.
  
  jrwofuga said Wed, Mar 13th 2019 at 11:59am ET
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- @jrwofuga I find most of these have been posted around 10:30 EST, give or take 30 minutes.
  
  cinoclav said Wed, Mar 13th 2019 at 12:06pm ET
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cinoclav said Wed, Mar 13th 2019 at 12:13pm ET:

@JasonToon Ta mate! (No, I’ve never been down under, I’m learning as we go.)

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Limewater said Wed, Mar 13th 2019 at 1:16pm ET:
1. A bob hawk
2. a crisy amphlett
3. a bunning
4. a kathankim
5. a cassel
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djslack said Wed, Mar 13th 2019 at 3:15pm ET:

What? No titmouse? That’s a bird, right?

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- @djslack And the punchline for one of my favorite jokes (when I was in high school, anyway).
  
  mehcuda67 said Thu, Mar 14th 2019 at 12:38am ET
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Kidsandliz said Wed, Mar 13th 2019 at 5:21pm ET:

According my my kitten Tigger birds are dinner and bird feeders are dinner bait (that is how I found him - scrawny and hungry). A friend of mine had a declawed cat who took out a juvenile hawk and brought it home with him. Hawk gave him a good gouge in the shoulder though.

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mehcuda67 said Thu, Mar 14th 2019 at 12:47am ET:
1. Angry Cuss
2. Jethro’s Dodge Charger
3. Red-eyed Tuxedo Duck, Metro edition
4. Blue-headed Legmouse
5. Orange-Throated Toothpick Bird
Some of these might be a lark.
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moonhat said Thu, Mar 14th 2019 at 9:23am ET:

Who names these birds? A tanager? A rail? How is that a bird name. Does it get run over by trains often? And I always feel bad for animals that have the word “common” in their name. Talk about making them feel so blah and not at all special…

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