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Learn the birds of Oklahoma

72 birds in 12 short units, from your backyard to mixed-grass prairie, cross timbers, lakes and the Ouachitas. 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.

Oklahoma Essentials

  1. Unit 1: Gentle startNorthern Cardinal, Great-tailed Grackle, Mourning Dove, Northern Mockingbird, House Sparrow and Killdeer
  2. Unit 2: Gentle startAmerican Robin, Great Blue Heron, Blue Jay, Canada Goose, Ring-billed Gull, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Red-winged Blackbird and Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
  3. Unit 3: Gentle startGreat Egret, Mallard, Downy Woodpecker, European Starling, Eastern Bluebird and Mississippi Kite
  4. Unit 4: Building upAmerican Coot, American White Pelican, Turkey Vulture, Carolina Chickadee and Red-shouldered Hawk
  5. Unit 5: Building upEastern Phoebe, Red-tailed Hawk, Wild Turkey, American Goldfinch, Tufted Titmouse and Carolina Wren
  6. Unit 6: Building upBald Eagle, House Finch, Dark-eyed Junco, Painted Bunting and Brown-headed Cowbird

Beyond the Basics

  1. Unit 7: SteadyRed-headed Woodpecker, American Crow, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Indigo Bunting, Double-crested Cormorant and Eastern Kingbird
  2. Unit 8: SteadyNorthern Flicker, Yellow-crowned Night Heron, Pied-billed Grebe, Eurasian Collared-Dove, Brown Thrasher, Blue-winged Teal and Lark Sparrow
  3. Unit 9: SteadyGreen Heron, Barn Swallow, Gadwall, Barred Owl, Yellow-rumped Warbler and White-crowned Sparrow
  4. Unit 10: HardestNorthern Shoveler, Black Vulture, Summer Tanager, Cedar Waxwing and Harris’s Sparrow
  5. Unit 11: HardestCooper’s Hawk, Great Horned Owl, Greater Roadrunner, White-breasted Nuthatch, Common Grackle and White-throated Sparrow
  6. Unit 12: HardestAmerican Kestrel, Western Kingbird, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Dickcissel, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker and Song Sparrow
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