Learn the birds of Louisiana
72 birds in 13 short units, from your backyard to bayous, coastal marsh, cypress swamps and the Mississippi Delta. 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 
House SparrowPhoto: Esteban Poveda · CC BY · iNaturalist 
Carolina ChickadeePhoto: unknown · CC0 · iNaturalist 
Mississippi KitePhoto: Laura Clark, bazı hakları saklıdır (CC BY), yükleyen: Laura Clark · 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.
Louisiana Essentials
- Unit 1: Gentle startNorthern Cardinal, Northern Mockingbird, Red-winged Blackbird, Carolina Wren, White Ibis and Eastern Bluebird
- Unit 2: Gentle startHouse Sparrow, Blue Jay, Anhinga, Black-bellied Whistling-Duck and Great Blue Heron
- Unit 3: Gentle startCarolina Chickadee, Mourning Dove, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Great Egret, Ruby-throated Hummingbird and Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Unit 4: Building upMississippi Kite, Downy Woodpecker, Prothonotary Warbler and Yellow-crowned Night Heron
- Unit 5: Building upRed-shouldered Hawk, Eastern Kingbird, American Robin, Canada Goose and Little Blue Heron
- Unit 6: Building upRed-tailed Hawk, Brown Pelican, House Finch, Mallard and Snowy Egret
- Unit 7: SteadyBald Eagle, Laughing Gull, Killdeer, Wood Duck and Green Heron
Beyond the Basics
- Unit 8: SteadyBrown Thrasher, Limpkin, Brown-headed Cowbird, Savannah Sparrow, Tufted Titmouse and Summer Tanager
- Unit 9: SteadyEuropean Starling, Western Cattle-Egret, Barred Owl, Eastern Phoebe, Common Gallinule and Barn Swallow
- Unit 10: SteadyTricolored Heron, White-eyed Vireo, Indigo Bunting, Boat-tailed Grackle, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Loggerhead Shrike and Double-crested Cormorant
- Unit 11: HardestPine Warbler, Osprey, American Coot, Roseate Spoonbill and American White Pelican
- Unit 12: HardestCedar Waxwing, Cooper’s Hawk, Turkey Vulture, White-throated Sparrow, Black-necked Stilt and Royal Tern
- Unit 13: HardestBlack Vulture, Common Yellowthroat, American Goldfinch, Neotropic Cormorant, Great Crested Flycatcher and Ring-billed Gull