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Learn the birds of Mississippi

72 birds in 13 short units, from your backyard to the Gulf Coast, Delta farmland and pine and hardwood forests. By sight, sound and story, with real photos and recordings.

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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.

Mississippi Essentials

  1. Unit 1: Gentle startNorthern Cardinal, Carolina Wren, Eastern Bluebird, Northern Mockingbird, Blue Jay and Red-bellied Woodpecker
  2. Unit 2: Gentle startBrown Pelican, Canada Goose, Mourning Dove, Tufted Titmouse and Great Blue Heron
  3. Unit 3: Gentle startCarolina Chickadee, Great Egret, Pine Warbler, Turkey Vulture and Red-shouldered Hawk
  4. Unit 4: Building upLittle Blue Heron, Osprey, Brown Thrasher, Yellow-rumped Warbler and Red-winged Blackbird
  5. Unit 5: Building upBald Eagle, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Eastern Phoebe, Pied-billed Grebe, Laughing Gull and House Finch
  6. Unit 6: Building upRed-tailed Hawk, Chipping Sparrow, Downy Woodpecker and Yellow-crowned Night Heron
  7. Unit 7: SteadyAmerican Robin, House Sparrow, Snowy Egret, White-throated Sparrow and Red-headed Woodpecker

Beyond the Basics

  1. Unit 8: SteadyGray Catbird, Eastern Kingbird, Eastern Towhee, American Coot, White Ibis and Green Heron
  2. Unit 9: SteadyAmerican Goldfinch, Indigo Bunting, Wild Turkey, Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, Brown-headed Nuthatch and Pileated Woodpecker
  3. Unit 10: SteadySummer Tanager, Anhinga, Barn Swallow, Killdeer, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker and Sanderling
  4. Unit 11: HardestDouble-crested Cormorant, Belted Kingfisher, Brown-headed Cowbird, Willet, White-eyed Vireo, Black Skimmer and Cedar Waxwing
  5. Unit 12: HardestOrchard Oriole, Black Vulture, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Ruddy Turnstone, Least Tern and Common Yellowthroat
  6. Unit 13: HardestBarred Owl, Royal Tern, American Kestrel, Prothonotary Warbler and Ruby-crowned Kinglet
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