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Learn the birds of Arizona

72 birds in 12 short units, from your backyard to Sonoran Desert, sky islands, ponderosa forests and the Grand Canyon. By sight, sound and story, with real photos and recordings.

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The course

Each unit is a small group of birds, easiest first, with look-alikes kept apart. Meet them, learn them by sight, sound and story, then finish with a Field test. The units get harder as you go.

Arizona Essentials

  1. Unit 1: Gentle startGambel’s Quail, Great-tailed Grackle, Mourning Dove, House Finch, Vermilion Flycatcher and Cactus Wren
  2. Unit 2: Gentle startVerdin, Gila Woodpecker, Greater Roadrunner, Curve-billed Thrasher, Lesser Goldfinch, Anna’s Hummingbird and Cooper’s Hawk
  3. Unit 3: Gentle startGreat Horned Owl, Broad-billed Hummingbird, Common Raven and Northern Mockingbird
  4. Unit 4: Building upRed-tailed Hawk, Black-throated Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, White-winged Dove, Acorn Woodpecker and Mexican Jay
  5. Unit 5: Building upPhainopepla, Abert’s Towhee, House Sparrow, Great Blue Heron, American Coot, Black Phoebe and Costa’s Hummingbird
  6. Unit 6: Building upTurkey Vulture, White-crowned Sparrow, Mallard, Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Say’s Phoebe and Black-chinned Hummingbird

Beyond the Basics

  1. Unit 7: SteadyEurasian Collared-Dove, Rivoli’s Hummingbird, Wild Turkey, Neotropic Cormorant, Pied-billed Grebe and Canyon Towhee
  2. Unit 8: SteadyYellow-rumped Warbler, Great Egret, Black-headed Grosbeak, Killdeer, Western Bluebird, American Wigeon, White-breasted Nuthatch and Rock Wren
  3. Unit 9: SteadySnowy Egret, Ring-necked Duck, Bridled Titmouse, Red-winged Blackbird, Yellow-eyed Junco and Pyrrhuloxia
  4. Unit 10: HardestNorthern Shoveler, European Starling, Ash-throated Flycatcher, Dark-eyed Junco and Steller’s Jay
  5. Unit 11: HardestAmerican Robin, Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, American Kestrel, Harris’s Hawk, Northern Flicker and Lucy’s Warbler
  6. Unit 12: HardestPainted Redstart, Hooded Oriole, Western Tanager, Song Sparrow and Ruby-crowned Kinglet
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