Learn the birds of Wyoming
72 birds in 12 short units, from your backyard to Yellowstone, the Tetons, sagebrush basins and high plains. By sight, sound and story, with real photos and recordings.
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A few you’ll meet first

American RobinPhoto: Rhododendrites · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons 
Common RavenPhoto: emilyd47 · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
Clark’s NutcrackerPhoto: Michael, Antoni and Nihat Hinczewski · CC BY · iNaturalist 
Trumpeter SwanPhoto: Andrew Lai · 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.
Wyoming Essentials
- Unit 1: Gentle startAmerican Robin, Black-billed Magpie, Dusky Grouse, Brewer’s Blackbird, Common Merganser, Dark-eyed Junco and Sandhill Crane
- Unit 2: Gentle startCommon Raven, Mountain Bluebird, Mallard, Western Tanager and Chipping Sparrow
- Unit 3: Gentle startClark’s Nutcracker, Canada Goose, White-crowned Sparrow, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Brown-headed Cowbird, Bald Eagle and Great Horned Owl
- Unit 4: Building upTrumpeter Swan, Mountain Chickadee, Canada Jay, Northern Flicker, Osprey and Swainson’s Hawk
- Unit 5: Building upRed-tailed Hawk, Ruffed Grouse, Violet-green Swallow, Red-winged Blackbird, American White Pelican and Barrow’s Goldeneye
- Unit 6: Building upTurkey Vulture, Yellow-headed Blackbird, Great Blue Heron, American Wigeon and Killdeer
Beyond the Basics
- Unit 7: SteadyAmerican Dipper, Tree Swallow, American Coot, Northern Yellow Warbler, Pine Siskin and Cliff Swallow
- Unit 8: SteadyHouse Sparrow, Wild Turkey, Spotted Sandpiper, Western Meadowlark, Gadwall, Barn Swallow and Cassin’s Finch
- Unit 9: SteadyHarlequin Duck, European Starling, Greater Sage-Grouse, Western Wood-Pewee, Vesper Sparrow and American Goldfinch
- Unit 10: HardestRing-necked Duck, Horned Lark, Steller’s Jay, Song Sparrow, Broad-tailed Hummingbird and Eurasian Collared-Dove
- Unit 11: HardestLesser Scaup, Cedar Waxwing, Common Grackle, Townsend’s Solitaire, American Kestrel and Northern Harrier
- Unit 12: HardestCinnamon Teal, Green-tailed Towhee, American Crow, Golden Eagle and House Finch