Riddle: I am seen in the water and seen in the sky, I am in the rainbow, a jay’s feather, and lapis lazuli. What am I?
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The color blue.
Bird riddles
What word can go after sing, siren and swan?
Riddle: What word can go after sing, siren and swan?
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Song.
All things it devours, birds, beast, trees, flowers. It gnaws iron. It bites steel. It grinds hard stones to meal. What is it?
Riddle: All things it devours, birds, beast, trees, flowers. It gnaws iron. It bites steel. It grinds hard stones to meal. What is it?
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Time.
I live in the trees but I’m not a bird. I gather my food and hide it unheard. With a bushy tail and nimble feet, I scurry around looking for something to eat. What am I?
Riddle: I live in the trees but I’m not a bird. I gather my food and hide it unheard. With a bushy tail and nimble feet, I scurry around looking for something to eat. What am I?
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Squirrel.
What silent guardian prevents attempted murder?
Riddle: What silent guardian prevents attempted murder?
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Scarecrow.
The collective noun for a group of crows is a murder of crows.
It has a long neck, a name of a bird, feeds on ships’ cargo, and is not alive. What is it?
Riddle: It has a long neck, a name of a bird, feeds on ships’ cargo, and is not alive. What is it?
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Crane.
What word can go before bath, brain and house?
Riddle: What word can go before bath, brain and house?
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Bird.
An eagle flew down and landed on the sea. It didn’t move at all for about a day before flying away. How many feathers did the eagle have?
Riddle: An eagle flew down and landed on the sea. It didn’t move at all for about a day before flying away. How many feathers did the eagle have?
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None.
The riddle is a clever play on words involving a historical event. When it says “An eagle flew down and landed on the sea,” it refers to the Apollo 11 lunar module, nicknamed “Eagle,” that landed on the Sea of Tranquility on the moon. The riddle plays on the fact that “Eagle” is also a type of bird, and the “sea” is not water but a flat lunar mare. The module remained on the moon for about a day before it lifted off to rejoin the command module in lunar orbit.
What is a door when it’s a mixed up lone duck?
Riddle: What is a door when it’s a mixed up lone duck?
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Unlocked (anagram of ‘lone duck’).
What word can go after button, pigeon and worm?
Riddle: What word can go after button, pigeon and worm?
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Hole.
What do you call a parrot that flew away?
Riddle: What do you call a parrot that flew away?
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A polygon.
What word can go after bed, bird and blood?
Riddle: What word can go after bed, bird and blood?
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Bath.
What do you get if you cross a hen with a guitar?
Riddle: What do you get if you cross a hen with a guitar?
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A chicken that plucks itself.
What word can go before bank, ball and bird?
Riddle: What word can go before bank, ball and bird?
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Snow.
What word can go after turn, bird and dining?
Riddle: What word can go after turn, bird and dining?
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Table.
What word can go before age, bird and night?
Riddle: What word can go before age, bird and night?
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Early.
I can be sun, I can be sand, and I can be bird. What am I?
Riddle: I can be sun, I can be sand, and I can be bird. What am I?
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A clock (sundial, hourglass and cuckoo clock).
There are ten birds in a tree and a hunter shoots one. How many are left in the tree?
Riddle: There are ten birds in a tree and a hunter shoots one. How many are left in the tree?
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None. The other birds would’ve flown away after the gun shot.
What bird is with you at every meal?
Riddle: What bird is with you at every meal?
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A swallow.
I am able to turn cattle to crows and sticks to cranes. What am I?
Riddle: I am able to turn cattle to crows and sticks to cranes. What am I?
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The letter ‘r’. Add an ‘r’ to the word cows and it becomes crows. Add an ‘r’ to the word canes and it becomes cranes.
My start goes on toast and my end is how birds move.
Riddle: My start goes on toast and my end is how birds move.
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Butterfly.
I am a bird and a fruit and a person. Who am I?
Riddle: I am a bird and a fruit and a person. Who am I?
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A Kiwi.