Learn the birds of Rhode Island
72 birds in 14 short units, from your backyard to Narragansett Bay, salt ponds and coastal 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 
American GoldfinchPhoto: Rodney Campbell · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons 
American Herring GullPhoto: Laura Liedtke · 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.
Rhode Island Essentials
- Unit 1: Gentle startNorthern Cardinal, Song Sparrow, Mourning Dove, Gray Catbird, Wild Turkey and Blue Jay
- Unit 2: Gentle startAmerican Robin, House Sparrow, Mallard, Great Blue Heron and Double-crested Cormorant
- Unit 3: Gentle startAmerican Goldfinch, Great Egret, Downy Woodpecker, Tufted Titmouse, Canada Goose and Red-winged Blackbird
- Unit 4: Building upAmerican Herring Gull, Carolina Wren, Northern Mockingbird and Mute Swan
- Unit 5: Building upBlack-capped Chickadee, Common Grackle, Great Black-backed Gull, Red-bellied Woodpecker, House Finch and Common Eider
- Unit 6: Building upRing-billed Gull, European Starling, Red-breasted Merganser and Osprey
- Unit 7: Building upLaughing Gull, White-breasted Nuthatch, Northern Yellow Warbler, Red-tailed Hawk and Brant
Beyond the Basics
- Unit 8: SteadyBrown-headed Cowbird, Eastern Phoebe, White-throated Sparrow, Northern Flicker, Common Loon and Eastern Bluebird
- Unit 9: SteadyEastern Towhee, Tree Swallow, Baltimore Oriole, Ruby-throated Hummingbird and Cedar Waxwing
- Unit 10: SteadyChipping Sparrow, Black Scoter, Common Tern, Common Yellowthroat, Barred Owl and Sanderling
- Unit 11: SteadyDark-eyed Junco, Harlequin Duck, Hairy Woodpecker, American Oystercatcher and Semipalmated Sandpiper
- Unit 12: HardestBufflehead, Cooper’s Hawk, Semipalmated Plover, Snowy Egret and Ruddy Turnstone
- Unit 13: HardestHooded Merganser, Piping Plover, Green Heron and Willet
- Unit 14: HardestTurkey Vulture, Black-crowned Night Heron, Common Goldeneye, Killdeer and Least Sandpiper