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Here is a list of birds:
Cardinal
Western Meadowlark
Mockingbird
Bluebird/Mountain Bluebird
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Eastern Goldfinch
Baltimore Oriole
Is the missing bird:
Chickadee
Purple Finch
Rhode Island Red
Roadrunner
Robin
Cardinal
Western Meadowlark
Mockingbird
Bluebird/Mountain Bluebird
??????????????
Eastern Goldfinch
Baltimore Oriole
Is the missing bird:
Chickadee
Purple Finch
Rhode Island Red
Roadrunner
Robin
Hint
This may require an encyclopedia.Answer
RobinThe birds are state birds of the United States, arranged by decreasing order of the number of states having that bird as the state bird. Seven states have the Cardinal, six have the Western Meadowlark, five have the Mockingbird, four have either the Bluebird or Mountain Bluebird, three (Wisconsin, Michigan, and Connecticut) have the Robin, two have the Eastern Goldfinch, and one (Maryland, of course) has the Baltimore Oriole as their state birds.
All the other birds listed are the state birds of only one or two states.
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how do u answer the question
I generally work them out with pencil and paper,
and then check to see if I got it right (or what
the answer was if I finally gave up). Or are you
asking how you would figure out this particular question?
For that, if you were stuck, I think looking up
some of the birds in an encyclopedia might give
you a clue to spot the pattern, which is why the hint
suggests that might be helpful.
and then check to see if I got it right (or what
the answer was if I finally gave up). Or are you
asking how you would figure out this particular question?
For that, if you were stuck, I think looking up
some of the birds in an encyclopedia might give
you a clue to spot the pattern, which is why the hint
suggests that might be helpful.
Very good, and hard teaser. I would have thought only one bird per state would be allowed.
Thanks. Every state does have only one bird.
However, multiple states can have the same
bird, since it is up to each state which
bird they choose. I came up with this
teaser after noticing the cool progression
in my son's sticker chart of "Birds of the US States."
Hmmm (counting birds)... 7... 6... 5... 4 (sort of) ... 3...
there must be some way of turning this into
a teaser!
However, multiple states can have the same
bird, since it is up to each state which
bird they choose. I came up with this
teaser after noticing the cool progression
in my son's sticker chart of "Birds of the US States."
Hmmm (counting birds)... 7... 6... 5... 4 (sort of) ... 3...
there must be some way of turning this into
a teaser!
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