Learn the birds of West Virginia
72 birds in 13 short units, from your backyard to Appalachian forests, high ridges, rivers and bogs. 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 
MallardPhoto: This picture was realized by Richard Bartz by using a Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons 
Common MerganserPhoto: Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová · 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.
West Virginia Essentials
- Unit 1: Gentle startNorthern Cardinal, Mourning Dove, American Goldfinch, Great Blue Heron and Killdeer
- Unit 2: Gentle startAmerican Robin, Wild Turkey, Song Sparrow, Canada Goose and Blue Jay
- Unit 3: Gentle startMallard, Red-winged Blackbird, Eastern Bluebird, Turkey Vulture, House Sparrow and Carolina Wren
- Unit 4: Building upCommon Merganser, Bald Eagle, Tufted Titmouse and Eastern Phoebe
- Unit 5: Building upRed-shouldered Hawk, Eastern Towhee, Northern Mockingbird, White-breasted Nuthatch and Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Unit 6: Building upRed-tailed Hawk, House Finch, American Crow, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Dark-eyed Junco and Downy Woodpecker
- Unit 7: SteadyEuropean Starling, Pileated Woodpecker, Chipping Sparrow, Cedar Waxwing and Gray Catbird
Beyond the Basics
- Unit 8: SteadyNorthern Flicker, Common Grackle, Indigo Bunting, White-throated Sparrow, Double-crested Cormorant and Pied-billed Grebe
- Unit 9: SteadyBrown Thrasher, Green Heron, Wood Duck, Scarlet Tanager, Common Raven, Carolina Chickadee and Black-throated Green Warbler
- Unit 10: SteadyBlack-capped Chickadee, Brown-headed Cowbird, Ring-necked Duck, Belted Kingfisher, Red-eyed Vireo and Common Yellowthroat
- Unit 11: HardestHooded Merganser, Tree Swallow, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Field Sparrow, Wood Thrush and Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Unit 12: HardestBufflehead, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Barred Owl, Black Vulture, Eastern Kingbird and American Redstart
- Unit 13: HardestBaltimore Oriole, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Blue-headed Vireo, Cooper’s Hawk and Hooded Warbler