Learn the birds of Pennsylvania
72 birds in 13 short units, from your backyard to Appalachian ridges, hawk-watch mountains, farmland and rivers. 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 
House FinchPhoto: aarongunnar · CC BY · iNaturalist 
Bald EaglePhoto: Matt Felperin · 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.
Pennsylvania Essentials
- Unit 1: Gentle startNorthern Cardinal, Mourning Dove, Red-winged Blackbird, House Sparrow, Mallard, Blue Jay and Great Blue Heron
- Unit 2: Gentle startAmerican Robin, Song Sparrow, Canada Goose, Great Egret and Gray Catbird
- Unit 3: Gentle startHouse Finch, Double-crested Cormorant, Eastern Bluebird, European Starling, Turkey Vulture and White-throated Sparrow
- Unit 4: Building upBald Eagle, American Goldfinch, Carolina Wren, Red-bellied Woodpecker and Osprey
- Unit 5: Building upTufted Titmouse, White-breasted Nuthatch, Dark-eyed Junco, Red-tailed Hawk, Wild Turkey, Northern Mockingbird and Northern Flicker
- Unit 6: Building upCommon Grackle, Downy Woodpecker, Cooper’s Hawk, Tree Swallow, Ruby-throated Hummingbird and Chipping Sparrow
Beyond the Basics
- Unit 7: SteadyPileated Woodpecker, Eastern Towhee, Brown-headed Cowbird, Ring-billed Gull and Common Merganser
- Unit 8: SteadyEastern Phoebe, Wood Duck, Green Heron, American Crow and Common Yellowthroat
- Unit 9: SteadyKilldeer, Red-shouldered Hawk, Cedar Waxwing, Black Vulture, Barn Swallow and Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Unit 10: SteadyMerlin, Great Horned Owl, Black-capped Chickadee and Northern Yellow Warbler
- Unit 11: HardestBaltimore Oriole, Northern House Wren, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Rose-breasted Grosbeak and Ovenbird
- Unit 12: HardestBelted Kingfisher, Carolina Chickadee, Eastern Kingbird, Wood Thrush, Indigo Bunting and Black-and-white Warbler
- Unit 13: HardestHairy Woodpecker, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Red-eyed Vireo, Scarlet Tanager and American Redstart