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Learn the birds of Texas

72 birds in 13 short units, from your backyard to Hill Country, the Rio Grande Valley, piney woods and the Gulf Coast. 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.

Texas Essentials

  1. Unit 1: Gentle startNorthern Cardinal, Great-tailed Grackle, Northern Mockingbird, White-winged Dove, White Ibis and Great Blue Heron
  2. Unit 2: Gentle startMourning Dove, Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, Eastern Bluebird, House Finch, Eastern Phoebe, Blue Jay and Yellow-crowned Night Heron
  3. Unit 3: Gentle startHouse Sparrow, Mallard, Carolina Chickadee, Red-winged Blackbird, Great Egret, Red-shouldered Hawk and Black Vulture
  4. Unit 4: Building upSnowy Egret, Carolina Wren, American Robin and Turkey Vulture
  5. Unit 5: Building upRed-bellied Woodpecker, Red-tailed Hawk, Yellow-rumped Warbler, American Coot, Painted Bunting and Green Heron
  6. Unit 6: Building upDowny Woodpecker, Killdeer, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Laughing Gull, Northern Shoveler and Little Blue Heron

Beyond the Basics

  1. Unit 7: SteadyGreater Roadrunner, European Starling, Lesser Goldfinch, Barn Swallow and Pied-billed Grebe
  2. Unit 8: SteadyNeotropic Cormorant, Brown Pelican, Brown-headed Cowbird, Cedar Waxwing, Blue-winged Teal and Black-crested Titmouse
  3. Unit 9: SteadyCrested Caracara, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Summer Tanager, Canada Goose and American Crow
  4. Unit 10: SteadyCooper’s Hawk, Tricolored Heron, Double-crested Cormorant and Savannah Sparrow
  5. Unit 11: HardestMississippi Kite, American Kestrel, Black-necked Stilt, Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Bewick’s Wren and Chipping Sparrow
  6. Unit 12: HardestOrange-crowned Warbler, Loggerhead Shrike, Egyptian Goose, Ring-billed Gull and White-crowned Sparrow
  7. Unit 13: HardestTufted Titmouse, Lincoln’s Sparrow, American White Pelican, Golden-fronted Woodpecker and American Goldfinch
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