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Learn the birds of New Mexico

72 birds in 12 short units, from your backyard to Chihuahuan Desert, the Rio Grande, piñon-juniper and high peaks. 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.

New Mexico Essentials

  1. Unit 1: Gentle startGreater Roadrunner, House Finch, Curve-billed Thrasher, Say’s Phoebe, White-winged Dove and Dark-eyed Junco
  2. Unit 2: Gentle startAmerican Robin, Lesser Goldfinch, Northern Flicker, Black-chinned Hummingbird, Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay and House Sparrow
  3. Unit 3: Gentle startWestern Bluebird, Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Canyon Towhee, Common Raven, Red-winged Blackbird and Mourning Dove
  4. Unit 4: Building upSpotted Towhee, Great-tailed Grackle, Mountain Chickadee, White-breasted Nuthatch, Broad-tailed Hummingbird and Canada Goose
  5. Unit 5: Building upWhite-crowned Sparrow, Western Tanager, Cooper’s Hawk, Western Kingbird, Mallard and Turkey Vulture
  6. Unit 6: Building upGambel’s Quail, Wild Turkey, Chipping Sparrow, Red-tailed Hawk, Black-headed Grosbeak and Sandhill Crane

Beyond the Basics

  1. Unit 7: SteadyHairy Woodpecker, Steller’s Jay, Pine Siskin, Eurasian Collared-Dove, American Coot and Yellow-rumped Warbler
  2. Unit 8: SteadyGreat Blue Heron, Bushtit, Killdeer, Wood Duck, Black-throated Sparrow, Rock Wren and Barn Swallow
  3. Unit 9: SteadyPygmy Nuthatch, American Wigeon, Mountain Bluebird, Black Phoebe, Rufous Hummingbird and European Starling
  4. Unit 10: HardestNorthern Shoveler, Loggerhead Shrike, Wilson’s Warbler, Western Meadowlark, Townsend’s Solitaire and Ash-throated Flycatcher
  5. Unit 11: HardestSnow Goose, Scaled Quail, Bullock’s Oriole, Blue Grosbeak, Great Horned Owl and American Kestrel
  6. Unit 12: HardestWestern Wood-Pewee, Lark Sparrow, Summer Tanager, Ruby-crowned Kinglet and Swainson’s Hawk
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