his is the fourth year that I have submitted columns to the Times News - who knew? I’d like to gauge my success by reviewing some of the information I presented in the last 52 columns.

I have a few true-and-false questions, a few multiple choice questions, and a number of photos highlighting some of those articles. For the photo identification section I listed all the possible answers, but included a few extra incorrect ones to challenge you a bit.

Check the answer key for the 20 correct answers. Good luck and let’s see what you remembered.

You don’t have to worry about your score, I will not send the “report card” home to mom or dad. Hope you have a great 2022.

I plan to continue to offer a variety of columns for this year again, but more importantly, I hope you get out there and experience what nature has to offer all around us.

True-and-false questions

1. __ Lichens are actually a fungus and algae living together.

2. __ All mushrooms have gills under their caps

3. __ A homeothermic animal has a body temperature that remains nearly the same all year.

4. __ Male birds sing primarily to establish and defend their breeding territory.

Multiple choice questions

5. _____ have color phases. A. Timber rattlesnakes, B. gray squirrels, C. screech owls, D. none of these, E. all of these.

6. Thousands of ____ hawks migrate through our region in a 10-day period each September. A. red-tailed, B. broad-winged, C. Cooper’s, D. red-shouldered.

7. ___ percent of North America’s birds migrate. A. 5, B. 10, C. 25, D. 75.

8. Most warblers, thrushes and vireos migrate to _____. A. South America, B. Florida, C. Mexico, D. the Gulf Coast.

9. Surprisingly, ___ cover much of the beaches of Hawaii. A. college coeds, B. medical face masks, C. Wilson volleyballs, D. microplastics.

Photo quiz

Answer pool to photograph section of final exam:

Red-eyed vireo, muskrat, albino deer, roseate spoonbill, pileated woodpecker, red-bellied woodpecker, black skimmers, herring gulls, porcupine, great egret, greater flamingo, black-billed cuckoo, piebald deer, wood thrush, osprey, burrowing owls.

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ANSWERS

1. True

2. False

3. True

4. True

5. E. all of these

6. B. broad-winged hawks

7. D. 75%

8. A. South America

9. D. microplastics

10. Black skimmers

11. Burrowing owls

12. Osprey

13. Piebald deer

14. Porcupine

15. Great egret

16. Black-billed cuckoo

17. Pileated woodpecker

18. Roseate spoonbill

19. Muskrat

20. Red-eyed vireo