If you’re like me you like observing and identifying the fauna and flora where you live. Mostly what’s outside. Other than pets, fauna inside the house is not that popular. You know, cockroaches, spiders, mice, and so on. Let’s just deal with outdoor fauna, specifically birds. More specifically, birds I’ve seen from my little homestead here in the burbs. Rather than simply list them (boring) I made a game of it, a series of rebus puzzles. How many of these Midwestern birds can you identify?

Here’s how it works

• Each single row of pics is one bird
• For hints, there’s a list of all the birds in the box on the right
• Pics can be words, syllables or letters
• If the pic is animated think of the action, a verb
• Mouseover each rebus for answer
• Click on the bird name for a link to photos and information at Audubon.Org or AllAboutBirds.Org

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Rebus Birding 101

Let’s begin with five very common birds pretty much everyone around these parts has seen and can probably name. The actual bird, if not the rebus. Anyway, just think of the most often seen birds in your yard and you’ll likely be able to match them up to the rebuses. Though be careful, I’ve used the full names, which are not commonly used outside the birding world. (See list on right.)

More Common Bird Rebuses

These five common birds are not as plentiful in my neck of the woods as the previous five, but are really easy to spot and identify. Cause they be big. You can’t miss them. Can you figure out from the rebuses which largish birds I’m talking about?

Bird Rebuses 11-15

Five more fairly common birds in my neck of the woods. Or suburbs, actually. Can you figure out from the rebuses which birds they are?

Bird Rebuses 16-20

Five more. Maybe you’ve seen ’em, maybe you recognized ’em, maybe you can decipher the rebuses regardless. That’s the game, at any rate.

Bird Rebuses 21-25

Five more. Small, little, tiny, wee birds this time.

Bird Rebuses 26-30

These five bird specimens on my I-seen-it list I did not see around the old homestead here in the burbs. Or even in the local vicinity. In some cases I spotted them in other states.

Spring 2020 Update

Bird Rebuses 31-35

The next three crops of bird picture puzzles work pretty much as before, but simpler so it’s not so much work for me. (Hey, I’m retired.) Mouseover the rebus for the puzzle solution. Click anywhere on the rebus for a page on that particular bird featuring photos and audios of songs and calls at AllAboutBirds.Org

Bird Rebuses 36-40

Bird Rebuses 41-45

Bird Rebuses 46-50

If you’d rather see real birds about your place and not just silly rebuses of birds on the web, you can try this from World of Birds:

12 Simple Tips to Attract Cardinals to Your Backyard

At GuideYourPet.Com:

Woodpeckers in North Carolina

Then again there is:

AllAboutBirds.Org

Audubon.Org