Learn the birds of Kentucky
72 birds in 13 short units, from your backyard to the Bluegrass, Appalachian forests, lakes and caves. 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 
Canada GoosePhoto: Tser · CC BY · iNaturalist 
European StarlingPhoto: Timothy Lindsey · CC BY · 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.
Kentucky Essentials
- Unit 1: Gentle startNorthern Cardinal, Wild Turkey, Mourning Dove, Northern Mockingbird, Great Blue Heron and House Sparrow
- Unit 2: Gentle startAmerican Robin, Killdeer, Mallard and American Goldfinch
- Unit 3: Gentle startCanada Goose, Blue Jay, Carolina Wren, Downy Woodpecker, Barred Owl and Red-shouldered Hawk
- Unit 4: Building upEuropean Starling, Tufted Titmouse, Turkey Vulture, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Bald Eagle, Eastern Bluebird and Song Sparrow
- Unit 5: Building upHouse Finch, Black Vulture, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Cooper’s Hawk, Common Grackle, Red-winged Blackbird and Chipping Sparrow
- Unit 6: Building upBrown-headed Cowbird, Carolina Chickadee, Red-tailed Hawk, Indigo Bunting, American Crow and White-throated Sparrow
Beyond the Basics
- Unit 7: SteadyWhite-breasted Nuthatch, Wood Duck, Eastern Towhee, Green Heron, Brown Thrasher and Eastern Phoebe
- Unit 8: SteadyGreat Egret, Double-crested Cormorant, Summer Tanager and Pileated Woodpecker
- Unit 9: SteadyEastern Screech-Owl, Northern Flicker, American Kestrel, Barn Swallow, Rose-breasted Grosbeak and Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Unit 10: SteadyGreat Horned Owl, Dark-eyed Junco, Osprey and Prothonotary Warbler
- Unit 11: HardestYellow-bellied Sapsucker, Wood Thrush, Eastern Kingbird, Gray Catbird and Common Yellowthroat
- Unit 12: HardestTree Swallow, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Tennessee Warbler, White-eyed Vireo and Scarlet Tanager
- Unit 13: HardestRed-headed Woodpecker, Baltimore Oriole, Field Sparrow, Bay-breasted Warbler and Red-eyed Vireo