NOVEMBER ANSWERS

Across: 6 jackdaw, 7 dyeweed, 9 birch, 10 nighthawk, 11 roseate, 13 motmot, 15 black redstart, 19 rambai, 20 babbler, 23 conger eel, 24 leeks, 26 Steller, 27 laugher.

Down: 1 scar, 2 Idahoa, 3 twinberry, 4 sea trout, 5 red admiral, 6 jabiru, 7 dogs, 8 Dakota, 12 salamander, 14 adobe lily, 16 crane fly, 17 crocus, 18 Fraser, 21 bulbul, 22 bear, 25 Echo.