Learn the birds of Delaware
72 birds in 14 short units, from your backyard to Delaware Bay beaches, salt marshes and coastal woods. 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 
Great Blue HeronPhoto: Basar · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
MallardPhoto: This picture was realized by Richard Bartz by using a Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons 
Canada GoosePhoto: Tser · CC BY · iNaturalist
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.
Delaware Essentials
- Unit 1: Gentle startRed-winged Blackbird, Northern Cardinal, American Goldfinch, American Robin and White-throated Sparrow
- Unit 2: Gentle startGreat Blue Heron, Mourning Dove, Song Sparrow, Northern Mockingbird and Carolina Wren
- Unit 3: Gentle startMallard, Snowy Egret, Bald Eagle, House Finch, Turkey Vulture and Blue Grosbeak
- Unit 4: Building upCanada Goose, Great Egret, Sanderling, Osprey and American Avocet
- Unit 5: Building upGreater Yellowlegs, Ring-billed Gull, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Northern Harrier, Double-crested Cormorant and Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Unit 6: Building upLaughing Gull, Red-tailed Hawk, Downy Woodpecker, Gray Catbird and Snow Goose
- Unit 7: Building upForster’s Tern, Eastern Bluebird, Green Heron and Bufflehead
Beyond the Basics
- Unit 8: SteadyCarolina Chickadee, Common Yellowthroat, Blue Jay, European Starling and House Sparrow
- Unit 9: SteadyWild Turkey, Mute Swan, Tufted Titmouse, Eastern Kingbird, Great Black-backed Gull and Black-necked Stilt
- Unit 10: SteadyNorthern Pintail, Tree Swallow, Northern Flicker, American Herring Gull and Chipping Sparrow
- Unit 11: SteadyGreen-winged Teal, Ruddy Turnstone, Common Grackle, Ruby-throated Hummingbird and Savannah Sparrow
- Unit 12: HardestSurf Scoter, Dunlin, Barn Swallow, Black Vulture, Belted Kingfisher and Red-shouldered Hawk
- Unit 13: HardestNorthern Shoveler, Cooper’s Hawk, Dark-eyed Junco, Willet and Black-bellied Plover
- Unit 14: HardestTundra Swan, Purple Martin, Semipalmated Plover and Semipalmated Sandpiper