Learn the birds of Colorado
72 birds in 12 short units, from your backyard to the Front Range, high plains, aspen forests and alpine tundra. By sight, sound and story, with real photos and recordings.
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A few you’ll meet first
Red-winged BlackbirdPhoto: unknown · CC0 · iNaturalist 
House FinchPhoto: aarongunnar · CC BY · iNaturalist 
Steller’s JayPhoto: Noel Reynolds · CC BY · iNaturalist 
Dark-eyed JuncoPhoto: Cephas · CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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.
Colorado Essentials
- Unit 1: Gentle startRed-winged Blackbird, Northern Flicker, American Robin, Mallard, Great Blue Heron and Wild Turkey
- Unit 2: Gentle startHouse Finch, Black-billed Magpie, Canada Goose, Killdeer, American White Pelican and Broad-tailed Hummingbird
- Unit 3: Gentle startSteller’s Jay, Spotted Towhee, Great Horned Owl, Black-capped Chickadee, Bald Eagle and American Kestrel
- Unit 4: Building upDark-eyed Junco, Say’s Phoebe, Mountain Bluebird, American Goldfinch, Cooper’s Hawk, Mountain Chickadee and Blue Jay
- Unit 5: Building upDouble-crested Cormorant, White-crowned Sparrow, Western Meadowlark, Red-tailed Hawk, Canada Jay and Western Tanager
- Unit 6: Building upOsprey, Swainson’s Hawk, House Sparrow, Western Kingbird and Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay
Beyond the Basics
- Unit 7: SteadyDowny Woodpecker, Mourning Dove, White-breasted Nuthatch, American Coot, Dusky Grouse, Song Sparrow and Common Goldeneye
- Unit 8: SteadyAmerican Crow, Barn Swallow, Eurasian Collared-Dove, Bullock’s Oriole and Gadwall
- Unit 9: SteadyEuropean Starling, Chipping Sparrow, Hooded Merganser, Pygmy Nuthatch, Northern House Wren and Common Raven
- Unit 10: HardestHorned Lark, American Dipper, Hairy Woodpecker, American Wigeon, Common Grackle, Clark’s Nutcracker and Snowy Egret
- Unit 11: HardestBelted Kingfisher, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Common Merganser, Ring-billed Gull and Townsend’s Solitaire
- Unit 12: HardestNorthern Shoveler, Lesser Goldfinch, Violet-green Swallow, Ring-necked Duck, Turkey Vulture and Vesper Sparrow