Had a lovely time today with the young people from St Philomenas Orpington birding around Wick Court. I was fully stretched with searching questions that I couldn’t answer off the top of my head. e.g.<\/p>\n
What is the longest named bird?<\/strong> <\/em>The best answer I have come up with is North Western Yellow-billed Sapsucker<\/strong> <\/span>(33 letters). Anyone got a better one?<\/p>\n The best British Bird I came up with is Lesser Spotted Woodpecker<\/strong><\/span> (23)<\/p>\n Can you name any Legendary Birds?<\/strong><\/em> I managed that one there and then with Phoenix and The Roc<\/strong> <\/span>(From One Thousand and One Nights). Of course there are many others and things like The Harpy half human\/half bird.<\/p>\n What was the last bird to become extinct?<\/strong> <\/em>Could be several different answers to this one but I know The Ivory Billed Woodpecker<\/strong> <\/span>was recently declared extinct. Interestingly in my old school I had a Peter Scott sketch of one of these that he drew when he visited the school while talking to parents.<\/p>\n None of the above have I been asked before and makes a refreshing change from asking me my favourite bird or what is the rarest bird?<\/p>\n We also saw some great birds including a Deceit of Lapwings!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Had a lovely time today with the young people from St Philomenas Orpington birding around Wick Court. I was fully stretched with searching questions that I couldn’t answer off the top of my head. e.g. What is the longest named … Continue reading