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Lisa Carp

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Sep 14, 2020, 5:05:02 PM9/14/20
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I do not know if it's appropriate to put this here but it does make you think!

NY Times Crossword Puzzle today.

5 letters-ground dwelling songbird.

Hubby & I did not get the answer right.

Lisa Carp
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Charles Hundertmark

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Sep 14, 2020, 5:26:30 PM9/14/20
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Junco comes to mind.
Chuck Hundertmark
Lafayette

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Ira Sanders

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Sep 14, 2020, 6:06:23 PM9/14/20
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I suppose Robin was the wrong answer. 
Ira Sanders

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Charles Hundertmark

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Sep 14, 2020, 6:15:56 PM9/14/20
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Raises an interesting question about the meaning of "ground-dwelling". It occurred to me after suggesting “junco” that robins frequently feed on the ground and in that sense might be considered “ground-dwelling.” When I was thinking of possible answers, I was thinking in terms of ground-nesters, but “dwelling” could have different meanings. 

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Richard Trinkner

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Sep 14, 2020, 6:29:39 PM9/14/20
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Keep in mind that this is the NY Times crossword, not the Sibley crossword. :-)  Expect some imperfections when it comes to avian clues.

I know the answer and do typically see this bird on the ground. In fact, I'm not sure I've ever seen it off the ground when not in flight. I've seen it nesting on the ground in the Colorado tundra.

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DuWayne Worthington

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Sep 14, 2020, 6:33:37 PM9/14/20
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I would vote for quail then.

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Joe Kipper

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Sep 14, 2020, 6:36:16 PM9/14/20
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Pipit?
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Fort Collins

William H Kaempfer

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Sep 14, 2020, 6:48:50 PM9/14/20
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Joe, I think you’ve got it (given Richard’s clue).

 

Lisa, what fun.

Doug

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Sep 14, 2020, 6:50:06 PM9/14/20
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Sorry. Forgot to sign.

Plover?

Doug Schoch, Centennial, Arapahoe County

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Pipit?

Doug

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Plover?


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Pipit?

Doug

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Sep 14, 2020, 6:53:06 PM9/14/20
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Not sure why I thought it said 6, but clearly not plover...

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Lisa Carp

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Sep 14, 2020, 7:13:32 PM9/14/20
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Yes Joe, pipit it is!
Next time they are out at Lagerman Res I'm going to give them a piece of my mind
& tell them to get in a tree!
L.

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Joe Roller

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Sep 14, 2020, 7:39:02 PM9/14/20
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The puzzle was in the SUNDAY, Sept 13, New York Times, not todays.
The "cross clue" is "dangerous fly" and the 4th letter of that fly is the last letter
of the bird's name.
What do you think the fly's name is?
Joe Roller, Denver

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Sebastian Patti

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Sep 14, 2020, 7:41:02 PM9/14/20
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tsetse

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Joe Roller

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Sep 14, 2020, 7:42:07 PM9/14/20
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Yes!
Joe Roller

Sebastian Patti

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Sep 14, 2020, 7:43:22 PM9/14/20
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Or if this were Jeopardy!  . . . What is tsetse????

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Sep 14, 2020, 9:37:09 PM9/14/20
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I think it is an abbreviated giggle or more refined chortle…

 

Cheers,

Steve Stachowiak

Highlands Ranch, CO

Elena Holly Klaver

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Sep 14, 2020, 11:43:43 PM9/14/20
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Well, on the subject of puzzle questions and other not-quite-cobirds topics, I was part of an educational webinar on heavy equipment and machinery for interpreters, and there was a picture of a big truck with a crane, and a picture of a great blue heron.  As in English, the words in Spanish for a metal crane and the bird are the same, but I had to let the webinar teacher know that he wasn’t showing a picture of a crane, not Antigone canadensis.  He said he searched for images of cranes, and that was what he found 🙄



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Karl Stecher Jr.

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Sep 15, 2020, 4:55:57 AM9/15/20
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A tree pipit (which I have seen on Attu) apparently nests on the ground, but sings from low branches of a tree!
 
Karl Stecher
Aurora/Arapahoe
 
 
 
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Ann Reeves

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Sep 15, 2020, 9:02:38 AM9/15/20
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Any letters?  Song bird is throwing me off! 

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Erik Hendrickson

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Sep 18, 2020, 6:35:30 AM9/18/20
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With a strange contortion, I can link pipit with a potential predator - black-footed ferret?
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