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ABA Online Bird Photo Quiz 58
ANSWER
Among the 10 species guessed in this month's photo quiz, chickadees figured prominently with five species hypothesized.
Even those who didn't suggest chickadees suggested similar birds—White-breasted Nuthatch (which can be eliminated by the lack of rufous near the vent, and paler grayish upperparts with a slight olive wash); Red-breasted Nuthatch (also eliminated by this bird's paler upperparts and more extensive white edging to the flight feathers). Gray Jay was the only other species that received more than one vote (which is ruled out by shape and structure as well as the pale buff wash to the flanks and extensive black coming down the back of the head).
So this leaves us with chickadees—a group that was likely chosen because of the combination of structure, black on the head and a buff wash to the flanks. Looking carefully at the head, we can see a slight black line that runs through the white—a feature that is visible on both sides of the head. The only species that shows this (along with previously mentioned traits) is the Mountain Chickadee. The wash of buff to the flanks is typical of the nominate wide-ranging gambeli, subspecies of the northern and Rocky Mountains.
This Mountain Chickadee was photographed in along the Arkansas River in Fremont County, Colorado during December 2007.
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The following people (listed by submission date beginning with the earliest) submitted correct answers for the January Bird Photo Quiz – Mountain Chickadee:
- Joshua Watson, Gainesville, FL
- John Gluth, Brentwood, NY
- Philip Kline, Tucson, AZ
- Greg Lawrence, Rochester, NY
- Joshua Christian, Hutchinson, MN
- Aaron Hulsey, Smiths Grove, Ky
- Jim Kopitzke, Mesa AZ
- Kevin Bolton, Prospect Park New Jersey
- Kai reed, vermont
- Andrew Fayer, Fort Washington, PA
- Urs Geiser, Woodridge, Illinois
- Brandon Percival, Pueblo West, CO
- Stephen Joly, Kamloops, BC
- Nathan Swick, Chapel Hill, NC
- Bret McCarty, Lakewood, OH
- Sam Galick, Flemington, NJ
- Georgia Conti, Seattle, WA
- Terri Everett, Big Rapids, MI
- Malkolm Boothroyd, Whitehorse, Yukon
- Amy St.Pierre, Kelly, WY
- Thomas Lechleitner, Fort Lupton, Colorado
- John Kuenzli, Columbus, OH
- Ana Komro, West Bend, WI
- Greg Schrott, Sebring, FL
- kurt Pohlman, kaneohe Hi.
- Jonathan Comeau, Williston, VT
- Leslie Rountree, Fayetteville, GA
- Benoit Dorion, Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada
- Suzie Bulger, Cotati, CA
- Brian McAllister, Saranac Lake, NY
- Joshua Covill, Columbia Falls, MT
- David Bell, Sault Ste. Marie, ON
- Joseph Morlan, Pacifica, CA
- Nell Haberman, Portland, Oregon
- Rick Poulin, Ottawa, Ontario
- Thomas Snetsinger, Brownsville, OR
- Mike Gurr, Toronto, Ontario
- Joseph Lautenbach, Grand Rapids, MI
- Sophie Cauchon, La Prairie, QC, CAN
- André Pelletier, La Prairie, QC, CAN
- Ian Davies, Medford, MA
- Dave Tietjen, Owens Cross Roads, AL
- Chris Warren, Portland, OR
- Szilard J. Daroczi, Tg.-Mures, Romania
- George F. Cresswell, Colorado Springs, CO
- Kathy Dawson, Laverne, Oklahoma
- Dave Magpiong, Bellmawr, NJ
- Robert Mottershead, Philadelphia, PA
- Krista Sorra, Albuquerque, NM
- Alan Dupuis, Cambridge, NY
- Tom Lally, Chicago, IL
- Amanda Auger, Portland, OR
- Chris West, Richland Center, WI
- Marc Ribaudo, Woodbridge, VA
- gary koehn, colorado springs, colorado
- Thomas Hall, Livermore, Colorado
- Glenn L.Werner, Beaufort, South Carolina
- Mark Rosenstein, Cambridge, MA
- Steve Hampton, Davis, CA
- Richard Garrigues, San Antonio de Belen, Heredia, Costa Rica
- Matt Baumann, ABQ,NM
- Larry Kline, Fredericksburg, VA
- Melissa Hein, North Branch, MN
- Katherine Ross, Anchorage, AK
- Owen McMurtrey, Chicago, IL
- Kevin M Hill, Shoreline, WA
- Avery Bartels, Nelson, BC, Canada
- Anthony H. Bledsoe, Pittsburgh, PA
- Mikey Lutmerding, Salisbury, PA
- Blake Mathys, Milltown, NJ
- Brad Wilkinson, Tallmadge, OH
- Graham Etherington, Norwich, UK
- Mike Wasilco, Scottsville, NY
- Yves Gauthier, Montreal, Qc, Canada
- Adrian Azpiroz, St. Louis, MO
- Haynes A Werner, Beaufort, S.C.
- Joshua D. Kreitzer, St. George, UT
- Henry Trombley, Bristol, VT
- Marcelo Brongo, Barcelona, Spain
- Grant Gardner, Ottumwa, Iowa
- Sydney Bliss, Sackville, New Brunswick
- Jeff Vinosky, Fairless Hills, PA
- Michael Woodruff, Spokane, WA
- Marcel Gauthier, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC, Canada
- Dominic Cormier, Halifax, N.S
- Cynthia Taylor, Tucson, AZ
- Ryan Hargett, Corfu,NY
- Eric Huston, Tumwater, WA
- John Bissell, Grimes, Iowa
- John Garrett, Pasadena, CA
- Jonathan Lautenbach, Grand Rapids, MI
- Kevin Welsh, Novi, Michigan
- Thomas Collins, Pittsfield, Ma.
- Paul Watson, St Georges, Bermuda
- Brad Hammond, Brooksville, Florida
- Alexander Lin-Moore, Houston, TX
- Greg Zupansic, Eugene, Oregon
- Sean Williams, Boston, MA
- Nancy E. Hetrick, Albuquerque, NM
- Matthew Daw, Raleigh, NC
- Su Snyder, Wooster, OH
- Philip Chaon, Cleveland, OH
- Mike Burrell, Heidelberg, ON
- Alex Dopp, Ann Arbor, MI
- Alejandro, Surrey,BC
- Keith Barker, St. Paul, MN
- Niko Ranta, Clackamas, Oregon
- Judy Markowsky, Orono, ME
- John Blok, Kalamazoo, MI
- Tim Kalbach, Leadville, Colorado
- Travis A. Mahan, Decatur, IL
- Scott Huber, Forest Ranch, California
- Chad Heins, Mankato, MN
- Marieke Slovin, Rockport, WA.
- Tim McFadden, Southampton, Pa
- Steve Tucker, San Francisco, CA
- Julie Hart, Hartland, VT
- Pam Baum, Tucson, AZ
- Priscilla Lai, Guelph, Ontario
- James McKay, Mesa, AZ
- Luke Buckardt, Deerfield, IL
- Diane Demers, Montréal, Québec (Canada)
- Matthew Schneider, Silverton, OR
- Joel Mundall, Loma Linda, CA
- Steven Mitten, Belize City, Belize
- Sarah J. Zastrow, Riverdale, MD
- Travis Cooper, San Diego, CA
- Robert Doster, Albuquerque, NM
- Olaf Soltau, New Preston, CT
- L. Long, Chandler, AZ
- Tim Hochstetler, Millersburg OH
- Joshua Malueg, Hooper, Colorado
- David Irons, Eugene, Oregon
- Katrina M. Weber, El Paso, TX
- Shawn T. Dash, El paso Texas
- Chris Charlesworth, Kelowna, BC, Canada
- Robert Furrow, Somerville, MA
- Thomas Halverstadt, Louviers,Co
- Linda Swanson, San Francisco, CA
- John Hammond, Durham, NC
- Myles Falconer, Lakefield, ONTARIO
- Eric Antonio Martinez, Oaxaca, Mexico
- Tim Hajda, Broken Bow, NE
- Eddie Mundall, Yreka, CA
- Cinda Crosley, Pflugerville, TX
- Lowell Young, Mariposa
HOW DID YOU COMPARE?
As stated in the quiz rules, answers must consist simply of the Common or English name exactly as it appears in the ABA Checklist.
The following list shows the number of submissions for each species guessed.
| Mountain Chickadee |  | 146 |
| Black-capped Chickadee | | 98 |
| Carolina Chickadee | | 14 |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | | 11 |
| Gray Jay | | 6 |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | | 4 |
| Boreal Chickadee | | 1 |
| Gray Catbird | | 1 |
| Mexican Chickadee | | 1 |
| White-collared Seedeater | | 1 |
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The photo and answer for this quiz were supplied by Chris Wood.
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