Learn the birds of Arkansas
72 birds in 12 short units, from your backyard to the Ozarks, Ouachita Mountains and Mississippi Delta wetlands. By sight, sound and story, with real photos and recordings.
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A few you’ll meet first
Northern CardinalPhoto: The Cosmonaut · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
American RobinPhoto: Rhododendrites · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons 
Downy WoodpeckerPhoto: unknown · CC0 · iNaturalist 
American GoldfinchPhoto: Rodney Campbell · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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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.
Arkansas Essentials
- Unit 1: Gentle startNorthern Cardinal, Eastern Bluebird, Great Blue Heron, Canada Goose, Northern Mockingbird and Killdeer
- Unit 2: Gentle startAmerican Robin, Blue Jay, Tufted Titmouse and Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Unit 3: Gentle startDowny Woodpecker, Green Heron, Carolina Wren, Carolina Chickadee, House Finch, White-throated Sparrow and Mourning Dove
- Unit 4: Building upAmerican Goldfinch, Eastern Phoebe, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Red-winged Blackbird, House Sparrow and Common Grackle
- Unit 5: Building upDark-eyed Junco, European Starling, White-breasted Nuthatch, Indigo Bunting, Red-headed Woodpecker, Red-shouldered Hawk and Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
- Unit 6: Building upBrown Thrasher, Turkey Vulture, Summer Tanager, Bald Eagle, Northern Flicker and Eastern Kingbird
Beyond the Basics
- Unit 7: SteadyPileated Woodpecker, American Crow, Cedar Waxwing, Chipping Sparrow, Great Egret and Brown-headed Cowbird
- Unit 8: SteadyPied-billed Grebe, Belted Kingfisher, Double-crested Cormorant, Yellow-rumped Warbler, American Coot, Wood Duck, American White Pelican and Black Vulture
- Unit 9: SteadyBarn Swallow, Mallard, Barred Owl, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker and Red-tailed Hawk
- Unit 10: HardestSnow Goose, American Kestrel, Baltimore Oriole, Mississippi Kite and Wild Turkey
- Unit 11: HardestSong Sparrow, Gray Catbird, Greater Roadrunner, Pine Warbler, Dickcissel and Eastern Wood-Pewee
- Unit 12: HardestEastern Meadowlark, Purple Finch, Great Crested Flycatcher, Savannah Sparrow and White-eyed Vireo