Learn the birds of Kansas
72 birds in 12 short units, from your backyard to Flint Hills prairie, Cheyenne Bottoms and wooded river valleys. By sight, sound and story, with real photos and recordings.
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A few you’ll meet first
Mourning DovePhoto: Paul Danese · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
American RobinPhoto: Rhododendrites · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons 
European StarlingPhoto: Timothy Lindsey · CC BY · iNaturalist 
Blue-winged TealPhoto: unknown · CC0 · iNaturalist
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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.
Kansas Essentials
- Unit 1: Gentle startMourning Dove, Northern Cardinal, Red-winged Blackbird, House Finch, Great Blue Heron and Blue Jay
- Unit 2: Gentle startAmerican Robin, House Sparrow, American White Pelican, Canada Goose, Ring-billed Gull, Killdeer, Great Egret and American Goldfinch
- Unit 3: Gentle startEuropean Starling, Mallard, Eastern Bluebird, Wild Turkey, Downy Woodpecker and Turkey Vulture
- Unit 4: Building upBlue-winged Teal, Dickcissel, Red-tailed Hawk and Common Grackle
- Unit 5: Building upRed-shouldered Hawk, Carolina Wren, Eastern Phoebe, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Dark-eyed Junco and Baltimore Oriole
- Unit 6: Building upBald Eagle, Harris’s Sparrow, Brown-headed Cowbird, Black-capped Chickadee, Indigo Bunting and Northern Flicker
Beyond the Basics
- Unit 7: SteadyGreat-tailed Grackle, Barn Swallow, Tufted Titmouse, Double-crested Cormorant, Eastern Kingbird and Song Sparrow
- Unit 8: SteadyBrown Thrasher, American Coot, Northern Shoveler, Western Kingbird, Red-headed Woodpecker and Chipping Sparrow
- Unit 9: SteadyWood Duck, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, American Crow, Summer Tanager, Eurasian Collared-Dove and White-throated Sparrow
- Unit 10: HardestGadwall, White-breasted Nuthatch, Cedar Waxwing, Swainson’s Thrush, Green Heron, Franklin’s Gull and White-crowned Sparrow
- Unit 11: HardestSnow Goose, American Avocet, Least Sandpiper, Lincoln’s Sparrow and Cooper’s Hawk
- Unit 12: HardestGreen-winged Teal, Barred Owl, Mississippi Kite, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Grasshopper Sparrow and Lark Sparrow