Learn the birds of northern Utah
103 birds in 16 short units, from your backyard to the Wasatch Front, canyons, sagebrush and the Great Salt Lake. By sight, sound and story, with real photos and recordings.
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A few you’ll meet first
Eurasian Collared-DovePhoto: stevem4560 · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons 
Mourning DovePhoto: Paul Danese · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
American RobinPhoto: Rhododendrites · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons 
White-crowned SparrowPhoto: Wolfgang Wander · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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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.
Utah Essentials
- Unit 1: Gentle startEurasian Collared-Dove, House Finch, Black-billed Magpie, Dark-eyed Junco, Cedar Waxwing and Downy Woodpecker
- Unit 2: Gentle startMourning Dove, Lesser Goldfinch, House Sparrow, Northern Flicker, European Starling and Steller’s Jay
- Unit 3: Gentle startAmerican Robin, Black-capped Chickadee, Song Sparrow, American Dipper, Common Raven, California Quail and California Gull
- Unit 4: Building upWhite-crowned Sparrow, Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, Mountain Chickadee, Black-chinned Hummingbird, Killdeer, Western Meadowlark and Western Tanager
- Unit 5: Building upMountain Bluebird, Red-winged Blackbird, Lazuli Bunting, Barn Swallow, Western Kingbird, Great Blue Heron and Cinnamon Teal
- Unit 6: Building upBlack-headed Grosbeak, Yellow-headed Blackbird, White-faced Ibis, American Avocet, Eared Grebe, American Kestrel and Mallard
- Unit 7: Building upSpotted Towhee, American White Pelican, Black-necked Stilt, Wilson’s Phalarope, Canada Goose and Red-tailed Hawk
- Unit 8: Building upAmerican Coot, Great Horned Owl, Sandhill Crane, Bald Eagle and Turkey Vulture
Beyond the Basics
- Unit 9: SteadyRock Pigeon, American Crow, American Goldfinch, Bushtit, Red-breasted Nuthatch and Broad-tailed Hummingbird
- Unit 10: SteadyPine Siskin, Horned Lark, Chipping Sparrow, Northern Yellow Warbler, Cooper’s Hawk and Hairy Woodpecker
- Unit 11: SteadyYellow-rumped Warbler, Clark’s Nutcracker, Loggerhead Shrike, Say’s Phoebe, Bullock’s Oriole and Northern House Wren
- Unit 12: SteadyRuby-crowned Kinglet, Ring-billed Gull, Red-naped Sapsucker, Chukar, Sage Thrasher, Wilson’s Snipe and Pied-billed Grebe
- Unit 13: HardestTownsend’s Solitaire, Greater Sage-Grouse, Franklin’s Gull, Long-billed Curlew, Snowy Egret, Northern Shoveler and Rock Wren
- Unit 14: HardestGadwall, Double-crested Cormorant, Virginia Rail, Spotted Sandpiper, Marsh Wren, Western Grebe and Golden Eagle
- Unit 15: HardestClark’s Grebe, Black-crowned Night Heron, Common Yellowthroat, Common Goldeneye, Great-tailed Grackle, Western Screech-Owl and Northern Harrier
- Unit 16: HardestSora, Cliff Swallow, Osprey, Brewer’s Blackbird, Swainson’s Hawk and Burrowing Owl