Learn the birds of Florida
72 birds in 12 short units, from your backyard to the Everglades, mangroves, scrub, springs and both coasts. By sight, sound and story, with real photos and recordings.
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A few you’ll meet first
Northern MockingbirdPhoto: hr_dragonfly · CC BY · iNaturalist 
Palm WarblerPhoto: unknown · CC0 · iNaturalist 
Turkey VulturePhoto: Seig · CC BY · iNaturalist 
Black VulturePhoto: Cricket Raspet · 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.
Florida Essentials
- Unit 1: Gentle startNorthern Mockingbird, Boat-tailed Grackle, Northern Cardinal, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Mourning Dove, Blue Jay, Red-winged Blackbird and Great Blue Heron
- Unit 2: Gentle startPalm Warbler, Anhinga, White Ibis, Red-shouldered Hawk, Osprey and Tricolored Heron
- Unit 3: Gentle startTurkey Vulture, Bald Eagle, Laughing Gull, Sanderling and Great Egret
- Unit 4: Building upBlack Vulture, Royal Tern, Willet, Common Gallinule and Little Blue Heron
- Unit 5: Building upRuddy Turnstone, Double-crested Cormorant, Sandhill Crane, Wood Stork, Yellow-crowned Night Heron and Western Cattle-Egret
- Unit 6: Building upBrown Pelican, Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, Limpkin, Roseate Spoonbill, Green Heron and Snowy Egret
Beyond the Basics
- Unit 7: SteadyLoggerhead Shrike, Pileated Woodpecker, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Eastern Bluebird, Eastern Phoebe, Black-crowned Night Heron and Glossy Ibis
- Unit 8: SteadyDowny Woodpecker, Gray Catbird, Purple Gallinule, Egyptian Goose and House Sparrow
- Unit 9: SteadyEurasian Collared-Dove, Carolina Wren, Pied-billed Grebe, Tufted Titmouse, Common Grackle and Black-and-white Warbler
- Unit 10: HardestBelted Kingfisher, Painted Bunting, Fish Crow, Wild Turkey, Black-bellied Plover, Black Skimmer and Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Unit 11: HardestBlue-winged Teal, Florida Scrub-Jay, Northern Parula, Ring-billed Gull and Barred Owl
- Unit 12: HardestAmerican Coot, Brown Thrasher, Indian Peafowl, Swallow-tailed Kite, American Kestrel and Pine Warbler