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marshalzhukov wrote: ↑Thu Jan 16, 2020 12:52 pm Ok, thanks, but I meant when I recognised the picture of the bird, and I need to find its information on the binder quickly. Is there a way to do that or do I just need to practice

If you mean you already found the section, practice skimming for information and highlight important facts. A table of facts might be helpful if you have the time, and practice is key to speed. With practice, you'll find you often memorize information by accident.

Thanks for the advice, I’ll practice and highlight stuff

Still mixing up Carolina Wren and Common Yellowthroat songs. Any tips? Mostly I've been noticing that Carolina Wren is a bit faster, but there's a lot of overlap.

With the disclaimer that I haven't heard a Carolina Wren in years...
Carolina Wren songs are noticeably lower-pitched than and imo have a more musical, thrush-like quality to them with rounder notes. Common Yellowthroats are a bit more high-pitched, almost squeaky, which is typical for a warbler.
The key thing to remember about wrens in general/"Carolina-type" wrens in particular is that they produce a wide variety of notes, syllables and phrases so it's tough to pin them down to one phrase. However, while what they sing is variable, how they sing it seems a bit more consistent.

Is buying a subscription to the Cornell lab or Ornithology worth it? It seems to have a lot of information.
If not what other sources do you recommend?

JoeyC wrote: ↑Sat Jan 25, 2020 10:51 am Is buying a subscription to the Cornell lab or Ornithology worth it? It seems to have a lot of information.
If not what other sources do you recommend?

I personally wouldn't. There is already a lot of information you can find online on allaboutbirds and there isn't really much to gain from becoming a member(if that is what you mean by subscription). The only two resources I'm using are allaboutbirds and audubon and I would recommend those resources

Hi! Would anyone happen to know where I could acquire a copy of the Washington State Bird List? I can't find it anywhere on statescioly.org/wa or washingtonscienceolympiad.com. Thanks.

JustAnotherPerson wrote: ↑Mon Jan 27, 2020 9:16 am Hi! Would anyone happen to know where I could acquire a copy of the Washington State Bird List? I can't find it anywhere on statescioly.org/wa or washingtonscienceolympiad.com. Thanks.

Hi, it is likely that your state did not release a state list because they are required to do so before Nov 1, if they decide to use one. This means that you're using the nationals list for all regional/state tournaments.

Raven wrote: ↑Mon Jan 27, 2020 11:07 am

JustAnotherPerson wrote: ↑Mon Jan 27, 2020 9:16 am Hi! Would anyone happen to know where I could acquire a copy of the Washington State Bird List? I can't find it anywhere on statescioly.org/wa or washingtonscienceolympiad.com. Thanks.

Hi, it is likely that your state did not release a state list because they are required to do so before Nov 1, if they decide to use one. This means that you're using the nationals list for all regional/state tournaments.

Cool, thanks! However, on a recent invitationals, there was a bird in the answer key that I'm sure isn't in the national bird list. Was the answer key just incorrect then?

JustAnotherPerson wrote: ↑Mon Jan 27, 2020 9:56 pm Cool, thanks! However, on a recent invitationals, there was a bird in the answer key that I'm sure isn't in the national bird list. Was the answer key just incorrect then?

People setting tests for invitationals do not have a 100% success rate at staying within the rules.