'Official' Birds of the Provinces & Territories

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1. The tree is the Black Spruce, the Pitcher Plant is the flower, and the Atlantic Puffin is the official bird of what eastern most province which joined Canada in 1949? Newfoundland and Labrador Alaska New Brunswick Nova Scotia

2. Play Ball! If you have ever visited Toronto, you may have watched a Toronto Blue Jays baseball game. And if you visit Prince Edward Island you may have seen which provincial bird? Dickcissel Blue Jay Baltimore Oriole Northern Cardinal

3. I'm quite a popular bird! The University of North Florida has me as their mascot, I'm the official bird of historical Sodermanland county in Sweden, and I even have an aircraft named after me, as well as being the provincial bird of Nova Scotia! Can you pick which raptor I am? Great Blue Heron Osprey Cormorant Bluenose

4. Besides being the provincial bird of New Brunswick I am also the state bird of and Massachusetts and Maine. My distinctive sound should tip you off to who I am! White-Throated Sparrow Black-Capped Chickadee Killdeer East Coast Crow

5. Bonjour! I'm a wise old bird WHO was chosen as official bird of Quebec. Bonne chance! Snowy Owl Black Guillemot Gnatcatcher Mockingbird

6. You would have to be loony to miss this one. Which is Ontario's provincial bird? Blue Jay Woodcock Pigeon Common Loon

7. Chosen to represent the province by numerous wildlife and school groups, and a year round resident, which of these is the official bird of the great province of Manitoba? Canada Warbler White Leghorn Rooster Great Grey Owl Red-Breasted Sapsucker

8. The Sharp-tailed Grouse is often mistaken for their cousin, the Prairie Chicken, and is the official bird of what province that borders Montana and North Dakota U.S.A? Saskatchewan Alberta Manitoba British Columbia

9. The most notable physical attributes of Alberta's bird is its large size and prominent ear tufts or 'horns'. A predator that hunts at night, this bird has huge yellow eyes set in a broad face. Which bird am I? Woodcock Cowbird Wild Turkey Great Horned Owl

10. Named after Georg, a naturalist who traveled with V. Bering on his trip to discover the Bering Straight, this British Columbia bird can be hard to distinguish from its cousin, the Blue Jay. Snow Goose Cuckoo Steller's Jay Rock Dove

11. It is mentioned quite frequently in First Nations folklore as a trickster and a shape changer who could assume any form, animal or human. Which of these is the territorial bird of the Yukon Territory? Hermit Thrush Great Blue Heron Common Raven Mountain Bluebird

12. I am the largest falcon in the world and my Latin name is 'Falco rusticolus'. I hope that helps you figure out which bird of the Northwest Territories I am! Tundra Swan Peregrine Falcon Northern Goshawk Gyrfalcon

13. The flag of Nunavut has a Inuksuk on it, which in basic terms is a stone monument. Perhaps that may help you figure out which of these was selected as the territorial bird of Nunavut? Arctic Tern Rock Ptarmigan Boreal Owl Boreal Chickadee

14. Which bird was featured on the reverse side of the Canadian one hundred dollar bill issued in 1990, and also on the 1967 Canadian Centennial silver dollar coin? American Buff Goose Greater Snow Goose Canada Goose Lesser Snow Goose

15. If you wanted to see the most species of birds that you could, in only one Canadian province, which province would you go to? Quebec Nova Scotia British Columbia Ontario