Ornithology B/C

[swimmmm]

Okay. Just got back from States. Medaled in Ornith... though not that great.

It was a PowerPoint presentation, 72 questions, 50 minutes.

It was all birds from my state which confused me because there is no State list.

We were tested on calls, videos were put on the test, match the silhouette of the bird to the bird, questions on occurances, bird anatomy, etc. There was also a question on what plants would you plant in your backyard to attract birds and how will they attract the birds? (Birds will nest there, eat there, etc.)

It was all multiple choice except for some short answer responses (common name, scientific name, etc.)

It was decently okay...

oh no wtf a powerpoint presentation?!?! =//// ive been preparing thinking its gonna be stationsss ughhhh

[Fuzzy Mint]

So we can put tabs in our books, and we can write in our books, but is it okay to write on the bird list?
sorry if this has already come up, but i didn't find it on the pages in the forum that i read....oh and i'm curious how other people study for the bird calls?

[swimmmm]

So we can put tabs in our books, and we can write in our books, but is it okay to write on the bird list?
sorry if this has already come up, but i didn't find it on the pages in the forum that i read....oh and i'm curious how other people study for the bird calls?

yea u can write on the front of the list. if u write on the back it counts as 1 page of ur 2 paged sheet of notes
and you listen to them. OVER AND OVER AGAIN and write down like what it sounds like

[Fuzzy Mint]

Okay thank you! Did anyone else have taxidermied (not sure that is the write verb, i guess the right verb is "stuffed") birds at their competitions? Were there a lot of timed things like power points and stations?

[courage7856]

Okay thank you! Did anyone else have taxidermied (not sure that is the write verb, i guess the right verb is "stuffed") birds at their competitions? Were there a lot of timed things like power points and stations?

I had a couple of specimans that were modeled and "stuffed" at my stations. Everything was timed- 2 min. 45 sec. per station. It was a pretty easy test.

[soobsession]

wow, 72 questions. thats more than twice as many as the test at my regionals. but since it's multiple choice, im assuming it shouldnt be that hard. were there any particular questions that were hard and you weren't sure about? and what type of questions did they ask about anatomy? external or internal?

There was both internal and external anatomy. The main problem was that they were all birds from my state and with no state birds list, we weren't quite sure what some of the multiple choices were. I mean... what's a Pine Siskin? If it weren't for that, all the questions would have been a lot easier. I think the silhouettes may have been the ones we had worst trouble on...

[sewforlife]

I think the tiebreaker is really important now. There was a tie for 4th place, so that was important, basically you're given a bird made on photo shop (as in not real) and by its characteristics, you have to identify what habits it has, like if it feeds on nuts, etc. etc. a lot to do with coloration too.
I think also, that powerpoint would be easier, but it was timed pretty quickly.

[swimmmm]

wow, 72 questions. thats more than twice as many as the test at my regionals. but since it's multiple choice, im assuming it shouldnt be that hard. were there any particular questions that were hard and you weren't sure about? and what type of questions did they ask about anatomy? external or internal?

There was both internal and external anatomy. The main problem was that they were all birds from my state and with no state birds list, we weren't quite sure what some of the multiple choices were. I mean... what's a Pine Siskin? If it weren't for that, all the questions would have been a lot easier. I think the silhouettes may have been the ones we had worst trouble on...

lolll pine siskin is on the ny list...

[crazy77]

Can someone explain the answer to the fourth question in station 11 on the 1st practice test on the wiki?

[swimmmm]

Can someone explain the answer to the fourth question in station 11 on the 1st practice test on the wiki?

if i got to the right question, i think its camouflage