Learn the birds of Missouri
72 birds in 12 short units, from your backyard to the Ozarks, big rivers, prairie and oak-hickory woods. 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 
Downy WoodpeckerPhoto: unknown · CC0 · iNaturalist 
Turkey VulturePhoto: Seig · 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.
Missouri Essentials
- Unit 1: Gentle startNorthern Cardinal, Mourning Dove, American Goldfinch, House Sparrow, Great Blue Heron, Eastern Bluebird and Canada Goose
- Unit 2: Gentle startAmerican Robin, Mallard, Blue Jay, Killdeer and Great Egret
- Unit 3: Gentle startDowny Woodpecker, House Finch, Red-winged Blackbird, White-throated Sparrow, Ruby-throated Hummingbird and Barred Owl
- Unit 4: Building upTurkey Vulture, Wild Turkey, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Tufted Titmouse and Bald Eagle
- Unit 5: Building upRed-shouldered Hawk, Carolina Wren, Common Grackle, European Starling, Northern Mockingbird, White-breasted Nuthatch and Northern Flicker
- Unit 6: Building upRed-tailed Hawk, Indigo Bunting, Dark-eyed Junco, Eastern Phoebe, Brown-headed Cowbird and Red-headed Woodpecker
Beyond the Basics
- Unit 7: SteadySummer Tanager, Eastern Kingbird, American White Pelican, Green Heron, Song Sparrow, Brown Thrasher and Wood Duck
- Unit 8: SteadyRose-breasted Grosbeak, Common Yellowthroat, Pileated Woodpecker, Barn Swallow and Blue-winged Teal
- Unit 9: SteadySnow Goose, Great Horned Owl, Yellow-rumped Warbler, White-crowned Sparrow, Black Vulture and Cooper’s Hawk
- Unit 10: HardestDickcissel, Gray Catbird, American Kestrel, Mississippi Kite and Ovenbird
- Unit 11: HardestAmerican Crow, Cedar Waxwing, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Swainson’s Thrush, Carolina Chickadee, Chipping Sparrow and Tennessee Warbler
- Unit 12: HardestEurasian Tree Sparrow, Baltimore Oriole, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Purple Finch, Nashville Warbler and Swamp Sparrow