Learn the birds of Montana
72 birds in 12 short units, from your backyard to Glacier country, mountain forests, sagebrush and big prairie. By sight, sound and story, with real photos and recordings.
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A few you’ll meet first
Northern FlickerPhoto: Jon Robson · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
American RobinPhoto: Rhododendrites · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons 
American White PelicanPhoto: Frank Schulenburg · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
Dark-eyed JuncoPhoto: Cephas · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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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.
Montana Essentials
- Unit 1: Gentle startNorthern Flicker, Cedar Waxwing, Wild Turkey, Common Merganser, Great Blue Heron and Black-capped Chickadee
- Unit 2: Gentle startAmerican Robin, Black-billed Magpie, Killdeer, Mallard, Eastern Kingbird, Sandhill Crane and Red-winged Blackbird
- Unit 3: Gentle startAmerican White Pelican, Western Tanager, Western Meadowlark, Bald Eagle, Mountain Bluebird and Song Sparrow
- Unit 4: Building upDark-eyed Junco, Great Horned Owl, American Dipper and Common Raven
- Unit 5: Building upCanada Goose, Red-tailed Hawk, Pine Siskin, Dusky Grouse, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Steller’s Jay and Chipping Sparrow
- Unit 6: Building upOsprey, Tree Swallow, House Sparrow, American Goldfinch, Yellow-headed Blackbird and American Crow
Beyond the Basics
- Unit 7: SteadyEuropean Starling, American Coot, Ring-billed Gull, Vesper Sparrow, Downy Woodpecker and Common Loon
- Unit 8: SteadyBrewer’s Blackbird, Eurasian Collared-Dove, Northern Yellow Warbler, House Finch, Spotted Sandpiper, Hooded Merganser, Ring-necked Pheasant and White-crowned Sparrow
- Unit 9: SteadyBarrow’s Goldeneye, American Kestrel, Brown-headed Cowbird, Pileated Woodpecker, Yellow-rumped Warbler and Northern Harrier
- Unit 10: HardestTrumpeter Swan, Mountain Chickadee, Turkey Vulture and Horned Lark
- Unit 11: HardestCommon Goldeneye, Ruffed Grouse, Clark’s Nutcracker, Evening Grosbeak, Western Wood-Pewee and Hairy Woodpecker
- Unit 12: HardestBelted Kingfisher, Swainson’s Hawk, Swainson’s Thrush, Lazuli Bunting, Red Crossbill and Red-naped Sapsucker