Learn the birds of South Carolina
72 birds in 13 short units, from your backyard to the Lowcountry, salt marsh, longleaf pine and the Blue Ridge edge. 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 
AnhingaPhoto: Shiva Shenoy · CC BY · iNaturalist 
Great EgretPhoto: William Harland · CC BY · iNaturalist 
Snowy EgretPhoto: Roberto Daniel Avila · CC BY · iNaturalist
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.
South Carolina Essentials
- Unit 1: Gentle startNorthern Cardinal, Eastern Bluebird, Carolina Wren, Northern Mockingbird, Mourning Dove and House Finch
- Unit 2: Gentle startAnhinga, White Ibis, Carolina Chickadee, Canada Goose, Chipping Sparrow, American Goldfinch and Great Blue Heron
- Unit 3: Gentle startGreat Egret, Tufted Titmouse, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Downy Woodpecker and Brown Pelican
- Unit 4: Building upSnowy Egret, American Robin, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Pine Warbler, Laughing Gull and Brown Thrasher
- Unit 5: Building upTricolored Heron, White-throated Sparrow, Sanderling, Double-crested Cormorant, Blue Jay, Wood Stork and Red-shouldered Hawk
- Unit 6: Building upWillet, Turkey Vulture, Osprey, Little Blue Heron and Yellow-rumped Warbler
Beyond the Basics
- Unit 7: SteadyBoat-tailed Grackle, Eastern Phoebe, Common Gallinule, Red-winged Blackbird and Mallard
- Unit 8: SteadyBrown-headed Nuthatch, Painted Bunting, Roseate Spoonbill, Gray Catbird, Brown-headed Cowbird and Black Vulture
- Unit 9: SteadyBarred Owl, Green Heron, Red-tailed Hawk, Cedar Waxwing and Wild Turkey
- Unit 10: SteadyBlack-crowned Night Heron, Bald Eagle, American Crow and Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Unit 11: HardestYellow-crowned Night Heron, Dark-eyed Junco, Killdeer, Pied-billed Grebe, Pileated Woodpecker and Hooded Merganser
- Unit 12: HardestSong Sparrow, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Royal Tern, Hermit Thrush and Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Unit 13: HardestEastern Towhee, Ring-billed Gull, White-breasted Nuthatch, House Sparrow and Red-headed Woodpecker