Challenge yourself with an adorable picture puzzle that has been making the rounds on social media! It is a fantastic test of observation skills, and at first glance, it just looks like a beautiful flock of colorful budgies perched on branches.
The image asks a very simple question: “How many budgies can you find?”
What makes this counting challenge so tricky is how some of the tiny birds are perfectly camouflaged among the green leaves or tucked behind the larger birds in the flock. There are ten large budgies perched prominently on the front branches, but a handful of sneaky little ones are tucked away in the background. It is incredibly easy to focus only on the bright, prominent faces and completely miss the smaller ones!
To get the absolute right answer, you have to look closely at every space between the leaves and the birds. Let’s count them up across the two branches:
* Top branch: There are 5 large budgies sitting in a row (blue, green, blue, green, light blue). If you look closely in the background, there is 1 tiny budgie peeking out between the second and third birds, and 1 more tiny face hiding between the fourth and fifth birds (7 total in the top section).
* Bottom branch: There are 5 large budgies perched in the front (yellow, white/blue, green, blue, yellow). Hidden in the background, there is 1 tiny face peeking through the leaves right below the first yellow bird on the left, and 1 small budgie tucked between the green and blue birds in the middle (7 total in the bottom section).
When you add all the prominent budgies and the hidden companions together, you find the entire colorful flock.
Answer: 14.
