Here are the answers to the Nature Notes quiz on page 18. Check last year’s Nature Notes columns on the WCLT web site at http://www.westboroughlandtrust.org/nn/nnindex.php

1. Red-breasted nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)
[The famous red-breasted nuthatch, November 9, 2007]

2. Downy woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)
[Woodpeckers in Westborough's woods, January 26, 2007]

3. Striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis)
[Valentine's Day for skunks, February 9, 2007]

4. Red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
[Return of the red-wings signals spring, March 23, 2007]

5. Marsh-marigold (Caltha palustris)
[Marsh-marigolds in our streams and swamps, April 20, 2007]

6. Spring azure (Celastrina ladon)
[Blue butterfly days, April 6, 2007]

7. Northern downy violet (Viola fimbriatula, Viola sagittata var. ovata)
[Our earliest wild violet, May 4, 2007 ]

8. Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata)
[A new invasive in town, June 1, 2007]

9. Marsh blue violet (Viola cucullata)
[Native wild violets in wet and dry places, May 18, 2007]

10. Multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora)
[An invasive rose, June 15, 2007]

11. Red-bellied woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)
[Woodpeckers in Westborough's woods, January 26, 2007]

12. Birdfoot violet (Viola pedata)
[Native wild violets in wet and dry places, May 18, 2007]

13. Viceroy (Basilarchia archippus, Limenitis archippus)
[Look-alike butterflies, July 13, 2007]

14. American bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana, Lithobates catesbeianus)
[Bullfrogs in our ponds, September 7, 2007]

15. Gray catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)
[The catbird in the catbird seat, June 29, 2007]

16. Eastern black swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)
[From caterpillar to butterfly, July 27, 2007, and A caterpillar's life, August 10, 2007]

17. Jelly ball animal (Pectinatella magnifica)
[The case of the mysterious jelly balls, September 21, 2007]

18. Honeybee (Apis mellifera)
[Honeybees in winter, March 9, 2007]

19. Swollen bladderwort (Utricularia inflata)
[Carnivorous floating flowers, August 24, 2007]

20. Belted kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon)
[Belted kingfishers dive and burrow, October 12, 2007]

21. American copper (Lycaena phlaeas)
[Late butterflies, October 26, 2007]

22. White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
[Winter marks return of deer-watching season, December 14, 2007]

23. Green frog (Rana clamitans)
[Bullfrogs in our ponds, September 7, 2007]

24. Golden-crowned kinglet (Regulus satrapa)
[See Westborough's tiny winter bird, February 23, 2007]

Back to Nature Notes quiz on page 18.