After nine weeks, 15 contestants and several stumpers and curveballs, we are pleased to announce the winners of the Teaser-palooza.
And we have a tie: Mary Kostus and Valerie Knipping. Congrats to both winners, who answered all weeks’ questions correctly except for the two trick bonus questions that involved a black-and-white TV and a “palm warbler” along the way. One of the winners will receive “The Warbler Guide,” courtesy of Rick Wright of WINGS Birding Tours, and the other will receive “Mid-Atlantic Birds: Backyard Guide.”
We hope you had fun.
And a special thanks to Mike Newhouse and his wonderful volunteers at the banding station for letting us photograph these beautiful birds up-close.
Here are the answers to the nine-week-long Teaser-palooza.
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- Nov. 26: Pine Warbler
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- Nov. 19: Common Yellowthroat
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- Nov. 12: Eastern Phoebe (not counted for total because directions weren’t totally clear)
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- Nov. 5: Traill’s Flycatcher (and a Mulligan)
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- Oct. 29: Indigo Bunting
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- Oct. 22: Black-and White Warbler; second part of answer was “black-and-white TV.”
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- Oct. 15: Lincoln’s Sparrow
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- Oct. 8: Northern Flicker
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- Oct. 8: American Kestrel
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- Oct. 1: Two-parter: This Blackburnian Warbler was also, literally-speaking, a palm warbler.
Great job to all involved! Lots of fun even though I was stumped on most of the photos! It just shows me I really need to get out more and sharpen my skills.
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