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''Western Sandpiper; drawing copyright Bridget Keimel''<br />
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== Basic Course Information == <br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large">EEB 4261</span><br><br />
<br />
'''Spring 2012''' <br />
<br />
'''Meets:''' Fridays, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m, TLS 371<br />
<br />
'''Instructor:''' '''[mailto:margaret.rubega@uconn.edu Dr. Margaret Rubega]'''<br> <br />
'''Office:''' PharmBio 500 '''Phone:''' 486-4502<br> <br />
'''Office Hours:''' By appointment<br><br />
<br />
<font color= "#FF0000">Your emails to me '''MUST contain the phrase "EEB 4261” in the subject line;''' email received without that phrase, and especially those with a blank subject line, will be DELETED, unread.</font><br />
<br />
'''Teaching Assistant:''' '''[mailto:christopher.field@uconn.edu Chris Field]'''<br><br />
'''Office:''' PharmBio 310 '''Phone:''' 486-3005 <br> <br />
'''Office Hours:''' Wed. 12-2, or by appointment<br><br />
<br />
== Required Texts ==<br />
<br />
MANUAL OF ORNITHOLOGY (Yale Univ.), by N.S. Proctor and P.J. Lynch<br />
<br />
BIRDS OF STORRS (Natchaug Ornithological Society) by G.A. Clark, Jr.<br />
<br />
SIBLEY GUIDE TO BIRDS (Knopf), by D.A. Sibley.(Eastern or North American Edition)<br />
<br />
== Class Schedule ==<br />
<br />
(<font color= "#FF0000">very</font> subject to change; check back before every lab)<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2"<br />
!width="75"|Date<br />
!width="350"|Required Reading<br />
!width="350"|Subject <br />
!width="300"|Meeting notes, and other resources <br />
|- <br />
| Jan 20 ||P & L p. 274-281,286-287; Sibley p. 9-14; Clark p. 1-19 || Tools of the trade: Optics, Field Guides, Field Notes and Journals || Come dressed and ready to bird; meet in TLS 371<br />
|- <br />
| Jan 27 || P & L p. 22-37, 47-65, 263-265; Sibley p. 15-21; Clark p. 21-40/ P & L p. 66-77 || North American bird Orders; Topography and Field Marks; Feet, Beaks and Body Form; Opportunities in Ornithology || Bring P & L to class; meet in TLS 371<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 3 || Handouts || Tour of Mansfield birding spots ||<br />
|-<br />
| Feb 10 || Handouts|| Specimen preparation demonstration|| Come dressed to bird<br />
|-<br />
| Feb 17 || P & L p. 81-105 || Feathers & Aerodynamics || <br />
|- <br />
| Feb 24 || P & L Chapters 6 & 7, 205-209, 219-226|| Anatomy: musculature and internal organs || NO BIRDING - we will need the whole class period for dissections. '''Bring your Proctor and Lynch to class!'''<br />
|-<br />
| March 2|| P & L Chap. 5 || Anatomy - Skeletons || Check for weather, and come dressed to bird <br />
|- <br />
| March 9 || || '''MIDTERM EXAM'''; ''birding after''|| <br />
|- <br />
| March 16 || ||NO CLASS - SPRING BREAK - GO BIRDING! || <br />
|- <br />
| March 23 ||Handouts ||Field Techniques: Survey methods || <br />
|- <br />
| March 30|| Proctor & Lynch p. 266-273 || Weather and Bird Movements: Go Outside to EXPERIENCE both! || [http://woodcreeper.com Monitor bird movements with Dave LaPuma!] [http://virtual.clemson.edu/groups/birdrad/ Clemson University Radar Ornithology Lab] [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/5/5d/Weather_lab.pdf Birds and Weather worksheet]<br />
|- <br />
| April 6 || || Bird, Bird, Bird – outside all four hours || <br />
|- <br />
| April 13 || Handouts || Field Techniques: Behavioral observations || <br />
|- <br />
| April 20|| || Bird, Bird, Bird – outside all four hours|| <br />
|- <br />
| April 27|| || Bird, Bird, Bird - outside all four hours||<br />
|- <br />
| April 30 ||'''8:00 – 10:00 am'''|| '''FINAL EXAM in TLS 371'''||<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Grading ==<br />
<br />
Grading in this course is done on a straight percentage-of-points basis, i.e., to obtain an A, you need to earn 90% or more of the available points. <font color= "#FF0000">The grades will '''not''' be "curved", and there will be '''no''' opportunities for "make-up" or "extra-credit" points.</font> Attendance on the field trips is '''required'''. If you miss a field trip, you lose 5 points. If you miss a test, you will receive a score of zero. If you have a legitimate reason (for example, a death in your family) to miss a field trip or test, you may be excused (at the discretion of the instructors) IF AND ONLY IF you provide written documentation (for example, an obituary documenting a death in your family) within one week of missing the class or test. In cases where the instructors determine you have a legitimate excuse, there still will be no make-ups administered: you will be graded only on the basis of the points contained in the field trips and tests you did complete. NOTE that this method reduces the number of points you can afford to lose and still do well in the course. <br />
<br />
SICK? First, do your level best to let us know before the field trip/class exercise/test. Second, if you are sick, believe us when we say that we don't want to see you in lab --- please be responsible, and don't spread germs by coming to class with a fever, or hacking and coughing. For illnesses, we pro-rate your grade on the basis of the point-bearing exercises you didn't miss. If you are sick for the final YOU MUST INFORM THE OFFICE OF STUDENT SERVICES in order to be allowed to take a make-up after final exam week is over. '''The final exam is the only point-bearing exercise for which a make-up is possible.''' <br />
<br />
These policies have been developed over years of teaching this and other courses, and are designed to ensure fair treatment of everyone by eliminating discrepancies in testing and evaluation, and by eliminating differences in the amount of field and study time available to students. I am very willing to discuss my reasoning for these policies, but if you try to talk me into making an exception to them for you, you will fail, and probably make me grumpy to boot.<br />
<br />
== Point Structure for Grading ==<br />
<br />
'''COURSE POINT TOTAL 300 POINTS''' <br />
<br />
'''Test 1:''' 60 points, March 9 <br />
<br />
'''Final:''' 60 points, April 30<br />
<br />
'''Field Notebook:''' 30 points<br />
<br />
'''Worksheets/Quizzes''' 50 points (5 at 10 points each)<br />
<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/f/f6/Independent_observation_guidelines.pdf '''Independent Field Observations:'''] 35 points<br />
<br />
SEE: [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/c/c5/Ebird_Setup_Document.pdf Ebird Set-up Document] and [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/7/7f/POINT_COUNT_PROTOCOL.pdf Point Count Protocol] and [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/6/62/Point_Count_Datasheet.pdf Point Count Datasheet] and<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/3/38/Point_count_example.pdf Point Count Example]. <br />
<br />
Independent Field Observation Locations: [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/4/40/Heep_Site_Map.pdf Map of Hillside Environmental Education Project]or [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=208276875179231289772.0004b684a244c6b18ade9&msa=0 View the locations on Google Earth/Maps]<br />
<br />
'''Field Trips:''' 45 points (Field trips are required: you ''lose'' 5 points for every missed trip. Note that field trips are VERY subject to change, depending on birds, weather, circumstances, and whim. Don't assume you know what you are going to miss!)<br />
<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/department/collections/index.html '''Collections'''] '''Work:''' 20 points (4 hours at 5 points per hour).<br />
<br />
You are also expected to keep a [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/f/fe/Field_Notebook_Guidelines.pdf '''Field Notebook.'''] Notebooks will be collected for grading, at random, throughout the course of the semester. You will earn up to a maximum of 30 points for your notebooks (no more than 10 points per grading event); '''you may not begin work on your independent observations until you have earned at least 20 points on your notebook'''.<br />
<br />
== Academic Rules/Conduct ==<br />
<br />
All students should be aware of the guidelines on academic integrity contained in the Student Conduct Code. The Conduct Code is available at http://www.dosa.uconn.edu/student_conduct.html.<br />
<br />
== Questions ==<br />
<br />
''If you have questions, by all means collar me or email me and ask. I will post both the questions (questioners will be anonymous) and answers here. <br />
''<br />
== Useful and Amusing Links ==<br />
<br />
===Online field guides===<br />
<br />
[http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/ Bird songs online!]<br />
<br />
[http://www.lab.fws.gov/featheratlas/ Feather Identification Resource Online!] The Feather Atlas of North American Birds provided high-resolution scans of flight feathers of the major groups of birds; useful for comparison with found feathers whose origin you aren't sure of. <br />
<br />
===Field guide apps===<br />
<br />
[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/22/technology/personaltech/22smart.html An article from the NY Times on smart phone apps for birding]<br />
<br />
[http://ibird.com/compare.aspx A feature comparison of various bird guide apps, inlcuding Sibley, Peterson, NatGeo, and iBird]<br />
<br />
[http://blog.aba.org/2011/10/digital-bird-song-identification-a-reality.html#comments A forthcoming app for automatically IDing bird song in the field]<br />
<br />
===Apps for finding birds===<br />
[http://www.getbirdseye.com/ Cornell's BirdsEye app (for finding recent sightings using the eBird database)]<br />
<br />
[http://ictbirds.wordpress.com/ iCTBirds: an app for finding birds in CT using the Connecticut Ornithological Association's CTBirds listserv]<br />
<br />
[http://www.ctbirdtrends.org/storrssightings.html A webpage that shows recent sightings from birding hotspots around Storrs (for free!), using the eBird database]<br />
<br />
===Bird blogs===<br />
<br />
[http://www.sibleyguides.com/ David Sibley's Blog], wherein the field guide guy riffs mostly on the finer and philosophical points of bird identification, and reports his experiments in window treatments to prevent bird strikes. <br />
<br />
[http://www.surfbirds.com/community-blogs/mbalame/2008/03/13/when-bad-photos-happen-to-good-birds/ North Coast (Oregon) Diaries] Comments on photo documentation versus detailed notes. See also the March 2, 2008 post on Ugly Gulls (browse Main calendar).<br />
<br />
===Jobs in Ornithology===<br />
<br />
[http://www.osnabirds.org/on/ornjobs.htm Jobs in Ornithology], the job board for the Ornithological Societies of North America. THE central clearing house for field research internships and jobs. <br />
<br />
[http://listserv.umd.edu/archives/ecolog-l.html ECOLOG-L listserve postings] Job postings, other miscellaneous information and discussions about field ecology.<br />
<br />
[http://beardsleyzoo.org/volunteer-gi1 CT Beardsley Zoo Summer Internships]<br />
<br />
== Collections Work Hours Sign Up ==<br />
<br />
'''Vertebrate Collections Manager:''' Sue Hochgraf susan.hochgraf@uconn.edu 860-486-8945<br />
<br />
To sign-up, let Dr. Rubega or Chris know which date/hours you would like to work; refer here to see hours already taken. No more than 2 students in an hour block simultaneously, unless Sue Hochgraf approves it.<br />
<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2"<br />
!width="85"|Date<br />
!width="85"|9 am<br />
!width="85"|10 am <br />
!width="85"|11 am <br />
!width="85"|12 pm <br />
(can only be worked consecutively after an 11 am block)<br />
!width="85"|1 pm<br />
!width="85"|2 pm<br />
!width="85"|3 pm<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 2 || || ||Jeff C || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 9|| || || Jeff C || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 16|| Jordan R|| Jordan R|| Jeff C || || Steph M || Erin C|| || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 23|| Jordan R || Jordan R ||Jeff C & Molly Z || Molly Z || Steph M ||Melissa K + Erin C || not available ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 1|| || not available || Molly Z || Molly Z || Steph M || Emily || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 8|| || ||Zack M || Zack M|| || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 15|| Spring||Break ||No ||Collections ||Work ||GO || BIRDING! ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 22|| || Alex S ||Zack M ||Zack M || || Melissa K + Erin C|| ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 29|| || Alex S || || ||no NEW students, Sue away || Melissa K + Erin C ||no NEW students, Sue away ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 5|| || Alex S||Ryan || || Jenna K ||Jenna K + Emily|| ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 12|| || Alex S || Ryan || ||Jenna K + Steph M ||Jenna K + Emily || ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 19|| || ||Ryan || || Steph M || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 26|| || || Ryan|||| || Emily|| ||<br />
|-<br />
|-} <br />
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[[Category:EEB Courses]]</div>Christopher Fieldhttp://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=Ornithology_Laboratory&diff=21769Ornithology Laboratory2012-04-12T00:13:52Z<p>Christopher Field: </p>
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''Western Sandpiper; drawing copyright Bridget Keimel''<br />
<br />
== Basic Course Information == <br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large">EEB 4261</span><br><br />
<br />
'''Spring 2012''' <br />
<br />
'''Meets:''' Fridays, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m, TLS 371<br />
<br />
'''Instructor:''' '''[mailto:margaret.rubega@uconn.edu Dr. Margaret Rubega]'''<br> <br />
'''Office:''' PharmBio 500 '''Phone:''' 486-4502<br> <br />
'''Office Hours:''' By appointment<br><br />
<br />
<font color= "#FF0000">Your emails to me '''MUST contain the phrase "EEB 4261” in the subject line;''' email received without that phrase, and especially those with a blank subject line, will be DELETED, unread.</font><br />
<br />
'''Teaching Assistant:''' '''[mailto:christopher.field@uconn.edu Chris Field]'''<br><br />
'''Office:''' PharmBio 310 '''Phone:''' 486-3005 <br> <br />
'''Office Hours:''' Wed. 12-2, or by appointment<br><br />
<br />
== Required Texts ==<br />
<br />
MANUAL OF ORNITHOLOGY (Yale Univ.), by N.S. Proctor and P.J. Lynch<br />
<br />
BIRDS OF STORRS (Natchaug Ornithological Society) by G.A. Clark, Jr.<br />
<br />
SIBLEY GUIDE TO BIRDS (Knopf), by D.A. Sibley.(Eastern or North American Edition)<br />
<br />
== Class Schedule ==<br />
<br />
(<font color= "#FF0000">very</font> subject to change; check back before every lab)<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2"<br />
!width="75"|Date<br />
!width="350"|Required Reading<br />
!width="350"|Subject <br />
!width="300"|Meeting notes, and other resources <br />
|- <br />
| Jan 20 ||P & L p. 274-281,286-287; Sibley p. 9-14; Clark p. 1-19 || Tools of the trade: Optics, Field Guides, Field Notes and Journals || Come dressed and ready to bird; meet in TLS 371<br />
|- <br />
| Jan 27 || P & L p. 22-37, 47-65, 263-265; Sibley p. 15-21; Clark p. 21-40/ P & L p. 66-77 || North American bird Orders; Topography and Field Marks; Feet, Beaks and Body Form; Opportunities in Ornithology || Bring P & L to class; meet in TLS 371<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 3 || Handouts || Tour of Mansfield birding spots ||<br />
|-<br />
| Feb 10 || Handouts|| Specimen preparation demonstration|| Come dressed to bird<br />
|-<br />
| Feb 17 || P & L p. 81-105 || Feathers & Aerodynamics || <br />
|- <br />
| Feb 24 || P & L Chapters 6 & 7, 205-209, 219-226|| Anatomy: musculature and internal organs || NO BIRDING - we will need the whole class period for dissections. '''Bring your Proctor and Lynch to class!'''<br />
|-<br />
| March 2|| P & L Chap. 5 || Anatomy - Skeletons || Check for weather, and come dressed to bird <br />
|- <br />
| March 9 || || '''MIDTERM EXAM'''; ''birding after''|| <br />
|- <br />
| March 16 || ||NO CLASS - SPRING BREAK - GO BIRDING! || <br />
|- <br />
| March 23 ||Handouts ||Field Techniques: Survey methods || <br />
|- <br />
| March 30|| Proctor & Lynch p. 266-273 || Weather and Bird Movements: Go Outside to EXPERIENCE both! || [http://woodcreeper.com Monitor bird movements with Dave LaPuma!] [http://virtual.clemson.edu/groups/birdrad/ Clemson University Radar Ornithology Lab] [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/5/5d/Weather_lab.pdf Birds and Weather worksheet]<br />
|- <br />
| April 6 || || Bird, Bird, Bird – outside all four hours || <br />
|- <br />
| April 13 || Handouts || Field Techniques: Behavioral observations || <br />
|- <br />
| April 20|| || Bird, Bird, Bird – outside all four hours|| <br />
|- <br />
| April 27|| || Bird, Bird, Bird - outside all four hours||<br />
|- <br />
| April 30 ||'''8:00 – 10:00 am'''|| '''FINAL EXAM in TLS 371'''||<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Grading ==<br />
<br />
Grading in this course is done on a straight percentage-of-points basis, i.e., to obtain an A, you need to earn 90% or more of the available points. <font color= "#FF0000">The grades will '''not''' be "curved", and there will be '''no''' opportunities for "make-up" or "extra-credit" points.</font> Attendance on the field trips is '''required'''. If you miss a field trip, you lose 5 points. If you miss a test, you will receive a score of zero. If you have a legitimate reason (for example, a death in your family) to miss a field trip or test, you may be excused (at the discretion of the instructors) IF AND ONLY IF you provide written documentation (for example, an obituary documenting a death in your family) within one week of missing the class or test. In cases where the instructors determine you have a legitimate excuse, there still will be no make-ups administered: you will be graded only on the basis of the points contained in the field trips and tests you did complete. NOTE that this method reduces the number of points you can afford to lose and still do well in the course. <br />
<br />
SICK? First, do your level best to let us know before the field trip/class exercise/test. Second, if you are sick, believe us when we say that we don't want to see you in lab --- please be responsible, and don't spread germs by coming to class with a fever, or hacking and coughing. For illnesses, we pro-rate your grade on the basis of the point-bearing exercises you didn't miss. If you are sick for the final YOU MUST INFORM THE OFFICE OF STUDENT SERVICES in order to be allowed to take a make-up after final exam week is over. '''The final exam is the only point-bearing exercise for which a make-up is possible.''' <br />
<br />
These policies have been developed over years of teaching this and other courses, and are designed to ensure fair treatment of everyone by eliminating discrepancies in testing and evaluation, and by eliminating differences in the amount of field and study time available to students. I am very willing to discuss my reasoning for these policies, but if you try to talk me into making an exception to them for you, you will fail, and probably make me grumpy to boot.<br />
<br />
== Point Structure for Grading ==<br />
<br />
'''COURSE POINT TOTAL 300 POINTS''' <br />
<br />
'''Test 1:''' 60 points, March 9 <br />
<br />
'''Final:''' 60 points, April 30<br />
<br />
'''Field Notebook:''' 30 points<br />
<br />
'''Worksheets/Quizzes''' 50 points (5 at 10 points each)<br />
<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/f/f6/Independent_observation_guidelines.pdf '''Independent Field Observations:'''] 35 points<br />
<br />
SEE: [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/c/c5/Ebird_Setup_Document.pdf Ebird Set-up Document] and [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/7/7f/POINT_COUNT_PROTOCOL.pdf Point Count Protocol] and [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/6/62/Point_Count_Datasheet.pdf Point Count Datasheet] and<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/3/38/Point_count_example.pdf Point Count Example]. <br />
<br />
Independent Field Observation Locations: [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/4/40/Heep_Site_Map.pdf Map of Hillside Environmental Education Project]or [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=208276875179231289772.0004b684a244c6b18ade9&msa=0 View the locations on Google Earth/Maps]<br />
<br />
'''Field Trips:''' 45 points (Field trips are required: you ''lose'' 5 points for every missed trip. Note that field trips are VERY subject to change, depending on birds, weather, circumstances, and whim. Don't assume you know what you are going to miss!)<br />
<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/department/collections/index.html '''Collections'''] '''Work:''' 20 points (4 hours at 5 points per hour).<br />
<br />
You are also expected to keep a [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/f/fe/Field_Notebook_Guidelines.pdf '''Field Notebook.'''] Notebooks will be collected for grading, at random, throughout the course of the semester. You will earn up to a maximum of 30 points for your notebooks (no more than 10 points per grading event); '''you may not begin work on your independent observations until you have earned at least 20 points on your notebook'''.<br />
<br />
== Academic Rules/Conduct ==<br />
<br />
All students should be aware of the guidelines on academic integrity contained in the Student Conduct Code. The Conduct Code is available at http://www.dosa.uconn.edu/student_conduct.html.<br />
<br />
== Questions ==<br />
<br />
''If you have questions, by all means collar me or email me and ask. I will post both the questions (questioners will be anonymous) and answers here. <br />
''<br />
== Useful and Amusing Links ==<br />
<br />
===Online field guides===<br />
<br />
[http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/ Bird songs online!]<br />
<br />
[http://www.lab.fws.gov/featheratlas/ Feather Identification Resource Online!] The Feather Atlas of North American Birds provided high-resolution scans of flight feathers of the major groups of birds; useful for comparison with found feathers whose origin you aren't sure of. <br />
<br />
===Field guide apps===<br />
<br />
[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/22/technology/personaltech/22smart.html An article from the NY Times on smart phone apps for birding]<br />
<br />
[http://ibird.com/compare.aspx A feature comparison of various bird guide apps, inlcuding Sibley, Peterson, NatGeo, and iBird]<br />
<br />
[http://blog.aba.org/2011/10/digital-bird-song-identification-a-reality.html#comments A forthcoming app for automatically IDing bird song in the field]<br />
<br />
===Apps for finding birds===<br />
[http://www.getbirdseye.com/ Cornell's BirdsEye app (for finding recent sightings using the eBird database)]<br />
<br />
[http://ictbirds.wordpress.com/ iCTBirds: an app for finding birds in CT using the Connecticut Ornithological Association's CTBirds listserv]<br />
<br />
[http://www.ctbirdtrends.org/storrssightings.html A webpage that shows recent sightings from birding hotspots around Storrs (for free!), using the eBird database]<br />
<br />
===Bird blogs===<br />
<br />
[http://www.sibleyguides.com/ David Sibley's Blog], wherein the field guide guy riffs mostly on the finer and philosophical points of bird identification, and reports his experiments in window treatments to prevent bird strikes. <br />
<br />
[http://www.surfbirds.com/community-blogs/mbalame/2008/03/13/when-bad-photos-happen-to-good-birds/ North Coast (Oregon) Diaries] Comments on photo documentation versus detailed notes. See also the March 2, 2008 post on Ugly Gulls (browse Main calendar).<br />
<br />
===Jobs in Ornithology===<br />
<br />
[http://www.osnabirds.org/on/ornjobs.htm Jobs in Ornithology], the job board for the Ornithological Societies of North America. THE central clearing house for field research internships and jobs. <br />
<br />
[http://listserv.umd.edu/archives/ecolog-l.html ECOLOG-L listserve postings] Job postings, other miscellaneous information and discussions about field ecology.<br />
<br />
[http://beardsleyzoo.org/volunteer-gi1 CT Beardsley Zoo Summer Internships]<br />
<br />
== Collections Work Hours Sign Up ==<br />
<br />
'''Vertebrate Collections Manager:''' Sue Hochgraf susan.hochgraf@uconn.edu 860-486-8945<br />
<br />
To sign-up, let Dr. Rubega or Chris know which date/hours you would like to work; refer here to see hours already taken. No more than 2 students in an hour block simultaneously, unless Sue Hochgraf approves it.<br />
<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2"<br />
!width="85"|Date<br />
!width="85"|9 am<br />
!width="85"|10 am <br />
!width="85"|11 am <br />
!width="85"|12 pm <br />
(can only be worked consecutively after an 11 am block)<br />
!width="85"|1 pm<br />
!width="85"|2 pm<br />
!width="85"|3 pm<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 2 || || ||Jeff C || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 9|| || || Jeff C || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 16|| Jordan R|| Jordan R|| Jeff C || || Steph M || Erin C|| || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 23|| Jordan R || Jordan R ||Jeff C & Molly Z || Molly Z || Steph M ||Melissa K + Erin C || not available ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 1|| || not available || Molly Z || Molly Z || Steph M || Emily || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 8|| || ||Zack M || Zack M|| || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 15|| Spring||Break ||No ||Collections ||Work ||GO || BIRDING! ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 22|| || Alex S ||Zack M ||Zack M || || Melissa K + Erin C|| ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 29|| || Alex S || || ||no NEW students, Sue away || Melissa K + Erin C ||no NEW students, Sue away ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 5|| || Alex S||Ryan || || Jenna K ||Jenna K + Emily|| ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 12|| || Alex S || Ryan || ||Jenna K + Steph M ||Jenna K + Emily || ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 19|| || ||Ryan || || Steph M || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 26|| || || Ryan|||| || || ||<br />
|-<br />
|-} <br />
<br />
<br />
[[Category:EEB Courses]]</div>Christopher Fieldhttp://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=Ornithology_Laboratory&diff=21626Ornithology Laboratory2012-04-02T03:35:38Z<p>Christopher Field: </p>
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<br />
''Western Sandpiper; drawing copyright Bridget Keimel''<br />
<br />
== Basic Course Information == <br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large">EEB 4261</span><br><br />
<br />
'''Spring 2012''' <br />
<br />
'''Meets:''' Fridays, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m, TLS 371<br />
<br />
'''Instructor:''' '''[mailto:margaret.rubega@uconn.edu Dr. Margaret Rubega]'''<br> <br />
'''Office:''' PharmBio 500 '''Phone:''' 486-4502<br> <br />
'''Office Hours:''' By appointment<br><br />
<br />
<font color= "#FF0000">Your emails to me '''MUST contain the phrase "EEB 4261” in the subject line;''' email received without that phrase, and especially those with a blank subject line, will be DELETED, unread.</font><br />
<br />
'''Teaching Assistant:''' '''[mailto:christopher.field@uconn.edu Chris Field]'''<br><br />
'''Office:''' PharmBio 310 '''Phone:''' 486-3005 <br> <br />
'''Office Hours:''' Wed. 12-2, or by appointment<br><br />
<br />
== Required Texts ==<br />
<br />
MANUAL OF ORNITHOLOGY (Yale Univ.), by N.S. Proctor and P.J. Lynch<br />
<br />
BIRDS OF STORRS (Natchaug Ornithological Society) by G.A. Clark, Jr.<br />
<br />
SIBLEY GUIDE TO BIRDS (Knopf), by D.A. Sibley.(Eastern or North American Edition)<br />
<br />
== Class Schedule ==<br />
<br />
(<font color= "#FF0000">very</font> subject to change; check back before every lab)<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2"<br />
!width="75"|Date<br />
!width="350"|Required Reading<br />
!width="350"|Subject <br />
!width="300"|Meeting notes, and other resources <br />
|- <br />
| Jan 20 ||P & L p. 274-281,286-287; Sibley p. 9-14; Clark p. 1-19 || Tools of the trade: Optics, Field Guides, Field Notes and Journals || Come dressed and ready to bird; meet in TLS 371<br />
|- <br />
| Jan 27 || P & L p. 22-37, 47-65, 263-265; Sibley p. 15-21; Clark p. 21-40/ P & L p. 66-77 || North American bird Orders; Topography and Field Marks; Feet, Beaks and Body Form; Opportunities in Ornithology || Bring P & L to class; meet in TLS 371<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 3 || Handouts || Tour of Mansfield birding spots ||<br />
|-<br />
| Feb 10 || Handouts|| Specimen preparation demonstration|| Come dressed to bird<br />
|-<br />
| Feb 17 || P & L p. 81-105 || Feathers & Aerodynamics || <br />
|- <br />
| Feb 24 || P & L Chapters 6 & 7, 205-209, 219-226|| Anatomy: musculature and internal organs || NO BIRDING - we will need the whole class period for dissections. '''Bring your Proctor and Lynch to class!'''<br />
|-<br />
| March 2|| P & L Chap. 5 || Anatomy - Skeletons || Check for weather, and come dressed to bird <br />
|- <br />
| March 9 || || '''MIDTERM EXAM'''; ''birding after''|| <br />
|- <br />
| March 16 || ||NO CLASS - SPRING BREAK - GO BIRDING! || <br />
|- <br />
| March 23 ||Handouts ||Field Techniques: Survey methods || <br />
|- <br />
| March 30|| Proctor & Lynch p. 266-273 || Weather and Bird Movements: Go Outside to EXPERIENCE both! || [http://woodcreeper.com Monitor bird movements with Dave LaPuma!] [http://virtual.clemson.edu/groups/birdrad/ Clemson University Radar Ornithology Lab] [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/5/5d/Weather_lab.pdf Birds and Weather worksheet]<br />
|- <br />
| April 6 || || Bird, Bird, Bird – outside all four hours || <br />
|- <br />
| April 13 || Handouts || Field Techniques: Behavioral observations || <br />
|- <br />
| April 20|| || Bird, Bird, Bird – outside all four hours|| <br />
|- <br />
| April 27|| || Bird, Bird, Bird - outside all four hours||<br />
|- <br />
| April 30 ||'''8:00 – 10:00 am'''|| '''FINAL EXAM in TLS 371'''||<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Grading ==<br />
<br />
Grading in this course is done on a straight percentage-of-points basis, i.e., to obtain an A, you need to earn 90% or more of the available points. <font color= "#FF0000">The grades will '''not''' be "curved", and there will be '''no''' opportunities for "make-up" or "extra-credit" points.</font> Attendance on the field trips is '''required'''. If you miss a field trip, you lose 5 points. If you miss a test, you will receive a score of zero. If you have a legitimate reason (for example, a death in your family) to miss a field trip or test, you may be excused (at the discretion of the instructors) IF AND ONLY IF you provide written documentation (for example, an obituary documenting a death in your family) within one week of missing the class or test. In cases where the instructors determine you have a legitimate excuse, there still will be no make-ups administered: you will be graded only on the basis of the points contained in the field trips and tests you did complete. NOTE that this method reduces the number of points you can afford to lose and still do well in the course. <br />
<br />
SICK? First, do your level best to let us know before the field trip/class exercise/test. Second, if you are sick, believe us when we say that we don't want to see you in lab --- please be responsible, and don't spread germs by coming to class with a fever, or hacking and coughing. For illnesses, we pro-rate your grade on the basis of the point-bearing exercises you didn't miss. If you are sick for the final YOU MUST INFORM THE OFFICE OF STUDENT SERVICES in order to be allowed to take a make-up after final exam week is over. '''The final exam is the only point-bearing exercise for which a make-up is possible.''' <br />
<br />
These policies have been developed over years of teaching this and other courses, and are designed to ensure fair treatment of everyone by eliminating discrepancies in testing and evaluation, and by eliminating differences in the amount of field and study time available to students. I am very willing to discuss my reasoning for these policies, but if you try to talk me into making an exception to them for you, you will fail, and probably make me grumpy to boot.<br />
<br />
== Point Structure for Grading ==<br />
<br />
'''COURSE POINT TOTAL 300 POINTS''' <br />
<br />
'''Test 1:''' 60 points, March 9 <br />
<br />
'''Final:''' 60 points, April 30<br />
<br />
'''Field Notebook:''' 30 points<br />
<br />
'''Worksheets/Quizzes''' 50 points (5 at 10 points each)<br />
<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/f/f6/Independent_observation_guidelines.pdf '''Independent Field Observations:'''] 35 points<br />
<br />
SEE: [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/c/c5/Ebird_Setup_Document.pdf Ebird Set-up Document] and [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/7/7f/POINT_COUNT_PROTOCOL.pdf Point Count Protocol] and [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/6/62/Point_Count_Datasheet.pdf Point Count Datasheet] and<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/3/38/Point_count_example.pdf Point Count Example]. <br />
<br />
Independent Field Observation Locations: [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/4/40/Heep_Site_Map.pdf Map of Hillside Environmental Education Project]or [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=208276875179231289772.0004b684a244c6b18ade9&msa=0 View the locations on Google Earth/Maps]<br />
<br />
'''Field Trips:''' 45 points (Field trips are required: you ''lose'' 5 points for every missed trip. Note that field trips are VERY subject to change, depending on birds, weather, circumstances, and whim. Don't assume you know what you are going to miss!)<br />
<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/department/collections/index.html '''Collections'''] '''Work:''' 20 points (4 hours at 5 points per hour).<br />
<br />
You are also expected to keep a [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/f/fe/Field_Notebook_Guidelines.pdf '''Field Notebook.'''] Notebooks will be collected for grading, at random, throughout the course of the semester. You will earn up to a maximum of 30 points for your notebooks (no more than 10 points per grading event); '''you may not begin work on your independent observations until you have earned at least 20 points on your notebook'''.<br />
<br />
== Academic Rules/Conduct ==<br />
<br />
All students should be aware of the guidelines on academic integrity contained in the Student Conduct Code. The Conduct Code is available at http://www.dosa.uconn.edu/student_conduct.html.<br />
<br />
== Questions ==<br />
<br />
''If you have questions, by all means collar me or email me and ask. I will post both the questions (questioners will be anonymous) and answers here. <br />
''<br />
== Useful and Amusing Links ==<br />
<br />
===Online field guides===<br />
<br />
[http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/ Bird songs online!]<br />
<br />
[http://www.lab.fws.gov/featheratlas/ Feather Identification Resource Online!] The Feather Atlas of North American Birds provided high-resolution scans of flight feathers of the major groups of birds; useful for comparison with found feathers whose origin you aren't sure of. <br />
<br />
===Field guide apps===<br />
<br />
[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/22/technology/personaltech/22smart.html An article from the NY Times on smart phone apps for birding]<br />
<br />
[http://ibird.com/compare.aspx A feature comparison of various bird guide apps, inlcuding Sibley, Peterson, NatGeo, and iBird]<br />
<br />
[http://blog.aba.org/2011/10/digital-bird-song-identification-a-reality.html#comments A forthcoming app for automatically IDing bird song in the field]<br />
<br />
===Apps for finding birds===<br />
[http://www.getbirdseye.com/ Cornell's BirdsEye app (for finding recent sightings using the eBird database)]<br />
<br />
[http://ictbirds.wordpress.com/ iCTBirds: an app for finding birds in CT using the Connecticut Ornithological Association's CTBirds listserv]<br />
<br />
[http://www.ctbirdtrends.org/storrssightings.html A webpage that shows recent sightings from birding hotspots around Storrs (for free!), using the eBird database]<br />
<br />
===Bird blogs===<br />
<br />
[http://www.sibleyguides.com/ David Sibley's Blog], wherein the field guide guy riffs mostly on the finer and philosophical points of bird identification, and reports his experiments in window treatments to prevent bird strikes. <br />
<br />
[http://www.surfbirds.com/community-blogs/mbalame/2008/03/13/when-bad-photos-happen-to-good-birds/ North Coast (Oregon) Diaries] Comments on photo documentation versus detailed notes. See also the March 2, 2008 post on Ugly Gulls (browse Main calendar).<br />
<br />
===Jobs in Ornithology===<br />
<br />
[http://www.osnabirds.org/on/ornjobs.htm Jobs in Ornithology], the job board for the Ornithological Societies of North America. THE central clearing house for field research internships and jobs. <br />
<br />
[http://listserv.umd.edu/archives/ecolog-l.html ECOLOG-L listserve postings] Job postings, other miscellaneous information and discussions about field ecology.<br />
<br />
[http://beardsleyzoo.org/volunteer-gi1 CT Beardsley Zoo Summer Internships]<br />
<br />
== Collections Work Hours Sign Up ==<br />
<br />
'''Vertebrate Collections Manager:''' Sue Hochgraf susan.hochgraf@uconn.edu 860-486-8945<br />
<br />
To sign-up, let Dr. Rubega or Chris know which date/hours you would like to work; refer here to see hours already taken. No more than 2 students in an hour block simultaneously, unless Sue Hochgraf approves it.<br />
<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2"<br />
!width="85"|Date<br />
!width="85"|9 am<br />
!width="85"|10 am <br />
!width="85"|11 am <br />
!width="85"|12 pm <br />
(can only be worked consecutively after an 11 am block)<br />
!width="85"|1 pm<br />
!width="85"|2 pm<br />
!width="85"|3 pm<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 2 || || ||Jeff C || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 9|| || || Jeff C || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 16|| Jordan R|| Jordan R|| Jeff C || || Steph M || Erin C|| || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 23|| Jordan R || Jordan R ||Jeff C & Molly Z || Molly Z || Steph M ||Melissa K + Erin C || not available ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 1|| || not available || Molly Z || Molly Z || Steph M || Emily || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 8|| || ||Zack M || Zack M|| || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 15|| Spring||Break ||No ||Collections ||Work ||GO || BIRDING! ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 22|| || Alex S ||Zack M ||Zack M || || Melissa K + Erin C|| ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 29|| || Alex S || || ||no NEW students, Sue away || Melissa K + Erin C ||no NEW students, Sue away ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 5|| || Alex S||Ryan || || Jenna K ||Jenna K + Emily|| ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 12|| || Alex S || Ryan || ||Jenna K ||Jenna K + Emily || ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 19|| || ||Ryan || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 26|| || || Ryan|||| || || ||<br />
|-<br />
|-} <br />
<br />
<br />
[[Category:EEB Courses]]</div>Christopher Fieldhttp://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=Ornithology_Laboratory&diff=21515Ornithology Laboratory2012-03-22T03:07:21Z<p>Christopher Field: </p>
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[[Image:Wesahead.JPG|thumb|left]]<br />
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<br />
''Western Sandpiper; drawing copyright Bridget Keimel''<br />
<br />
== Basic Course Information == <br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large">EEB 4261</span><br><br />
<br />
'''Spring 2012''' <br />
<br />
'''Meets:''' Fridays, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m, TLS 371<br />
<br />
'''Instructor:''' '''[mailto:margaret.rubega@uconn.edu Dr. Margaret Rubega]'''<br> <br />
'''Office:''' PharmBio 500 '''Phone:''' 486-4502<br> <br />
'''Office Hours:''' By appointment<br><br />
<br />
<font color= "#FF0000">Your emails to me '''MUST contain the phrase "EEB 4261” in the subject line;''' email received without that phrase, and especially those with a blank subject line, will be DELETED, unread.</font><br />
<br />
'''Teaching Assistant:''' '''[mailto:christopher.field@uconn.edu Chris Field]'''<br><br />
'''Office:''' PharmBio 310 '''Phone:''' 486-3005 <br> <br />
'''Office Hours:''' Wed. 12-2, or by appointment<br><br />
<br />
== Required Texts ==<br />
<br />
MANUAL OF ORNITHOLOGY (Yale Univ.), by N.S. Proctor and P.J. Lynch<br />
<br />
BIRDS OF STORRS (Natchaug Ornithological Society) by G.A. Clark, Jr.<br />
<br />
SIBLEY GUIDE TO BIRDS (Knopf), by D.A. Sibley.(Eastern or North American Edition)<br />
<br />
== Class Schedule ==<br />
<br />
(<font color= "#FF0000">very</font> subject to change; check back before every lab)<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2"<br />
!width="75"|Date<br />
!width="350"|Required Reading<br />
!width="350"|Subject <br />
!width="300"|Meeting notes, and other resources <br />
|- <br />
| Jan 20 ||P & L p. 274-281,286-287; Sibley p. 9-14; Clark p. 1-19 || Tools of the trade: Optics, Field Guides, Field Notes and Journals || Come dressed and ready to bird; meet in TLS 371<br />
|- <br />
| Jan 27 || P & L p. 22-37, 47-65, 263-265; Sibley p. 15-21; Clark p. 21-40/ P & L p. 66-77 || North American bird Orders; Topography and Field Marks; Feet, Beaks and Body Form; Opportunities in Ornithology || Bring P & L to class; meet in TLS 371<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 3 || Handouts || Tour of Mansfield birding spots ||<br />
|-<br />
| Feb 10 || Handouts|| Specimen preparation demonstration|| Come dressed to bird<br />
|-<br />
| Feb 17 || P & L p. 81-105 || Feathers & Aerodynamics || <br />
|- <br />
| Feb 24 || P & L Chapters 6 & 7, 205-209, 219-226|| Anatomy: musculature and internal organs || NO BIRDING - we will need the whole class period for dissections. '''Bring your Proctor and Lynch to class!'''<br />
|-<br />
| March 2|| P & L Chap. 5 || Anatomy - Skeletons || Check for weather, and come dressed to bird <br />
|- <br />
| March 9 || || '''MIDTERM EXAM'''; ''birding after''|| <br />
|- <br />
| March 16 || ||NO CLASS - SPRING BREAK - GO BIRDING! || <br />
|- <br />
| March 23 ||Handouts ||Field Techniques: Survey methods || <br />
|- <br />
| March 30|| Proctor & Lynch p. 266-273 || Weather and Bird Movements: Go Outside to EXPERIENCE both! || [http://woodcreeper.com Monitor bird movements with Dave LaPuma!] [http://virtual.clemson.edu/groups/birdrad/ Clemson University Radar Ornithology Lab] [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/5/5d/Weather_lab.pdf Birds and Weather worksheet]<br />
|- <br />
| April 6 || || Bird, Bird, Bird – outside all four hours || <br />
|- <br />
| April 13 || Handouts || Field Techniques: Behavioral observations || <br />
|- <br />
| April 20|| || Bird, Bird, Bird – outside all four hours|| <br />
|- <br />
| April 27|| || Bird, Bird, Bird - outside all four hours||<br />
|- <br />
| April 30 ||'''8:00 – 10:00 am'''|| '''FINAL EXAM in TLS 371'''||<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Grading ==<br />
<br />
Grading in this course is done on a straight percentage-of-points basis, i.e., to obtain an A, you need to earn 90% or more of the available points. <font color= "#FF0000">The grades will '''not''' be "curved", and there will be '''no''' opportunities for "make-up" or "extra-credit" points.</font> Attendance on the field trips is '''required'''. If you miss a field trip, you lose 5 points. If you miss a test, you will receive a score of zero. If you have a legitimate reason (for example, a death in your family) to miss a field trip or test, you may be excused (at the discretion of the instructors) IF AND ONLY IF you provide written documentation (for example, an obituary documenting a death in your family) within one week of missing the class or test. In cases where the instructors determine you have a legitimate excuse, there still will be no make-ups administered: you will be graded only on the basis of the points contained in the field trips and tests you did complete. NOTE that this method reduces the number of points you can afford to lose and still do well in the course. <br />
<br />
SICK? First, do your level best to let us know before the field trip/class exercise/test. Second, if you are sick, believe us when we say that we don't want to see you in lab --- please be responsible, and don't spread germs by coming to class with a fever, or hacking and coughing. For illnesses, we pro-rate your grade on the basis of the point-bearing exercises you didn't miss. If you are sick for the final YOU MUST INFORM THE OFFICE OF STUDENT SERVICES in order to be allowed to take a make-up after final exam week is over. '''The final exam is the only point-bearing exercise for which a make-up is possible.''' <br />
<br />
These policies have been developed over years of teaching this and other courses, and are designed to ensure fair treatment of everyone by eliminating discrepancies in testing and evaluation, and by eliminating differences in the amount of field and study time available to students. I am very willing to discuss my reasoning for these policies, but if you try to talk me into making an exception to them for you, you will fail, and probably make me grumpy to boot.<br />
<br />
== Point Structure for Grading ==<br />
<br />
'''COURSE POINT TOTAL 300 POINTS''' <br />
<br />
'''Test 1:''' 60 points, March 9 <br />
<br />
'''Final:''' 60 points, April 30<br />
<br />
'''Field Notebook:''' 30 points<br />
<br />
'''Worksheets/Quizzes''' 50 points (5 at 10 points each)<br />
<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/f/f6/Independent_observation_guidelines.pdf '''Independent Field Observations:'''] 35 points<br />
<br />
SEE: [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/c/c5/Ebird_Setup_Document.pdf Ebird Set-up Document] and [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/7/7f/POINT_COUNT_PROTOCOL.pdf Point Count Protocol] and [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/6/62/Point_Count_Datasheet.pdf Point Count Datasheet] and<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/3/38/Point_count_example.pdf Point Count Example]. <br />
<br />
Independent Field Observation Locations: [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/4/40/Heep_Site_Map.pdf Map of Hillside Environmental Education Project]or [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=208276875179231289772.0004b684a244c6b18ade9&msa=0 View the locations on Google Earth/Maps]<br />
<br />
'''Field Trips:''' 45 points (Field trips are required: you ''lose'' 5 points for every missed trip. Note that field trips are VERY subject to change, depending on birds, weather, circumstances, and whim. Don't assume you know what you are going to miss!)<br />
<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/department/collections/index.html '''Collections'''] '''Work:''' 20 points (4 hours at 5 points per hour).<br />
<br />
You are also expected to keep a [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/f/fe/Field_Notebook_Guidelines.pdf '''Field Notebook.'''] Notebooks will be collected for grading, at random, throughout the course of the semester. You will earn up to a maximum of 30 points for your notebooks (no more than 10 points per grading event); '''you may not begin work on your independent observations until you have earned at least 20 points on your notebook'''.<br />
<br />
== Academic Rules/Conduct ==<br />
<br />
All students should be aware of the guidelines on academic integrity contained in the Student Conduct Code. The Conduct Code is available at http://www.dosa.uconn.edu/student_conduct.html.<br />
<br />
== Questions ==<br />
<br />
''If you have questions, by all means collar me or email me and ask. I will post both the questions (questioners will be anonymous) and answers here. <br />
''<br />
== Useful and Amusing Links ==<br />
<br />
===Online field guides===<br />
<br />
[http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/ Bird songs online!]<br />
<br />
[http://www.lab.fws.gov/featheratlas/ Feather Identification Resource Online!] The Feather Atlas of North American Birds provided high-resolution scans of flight feathers of the major groups of birds; useful for comparison with found feathers whose origin you aren't sure of. <br />
<br />
===Field guide apps===<br />
<br />
[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/22/technology/personaltech/22smart.html An article from the NY Times on smart phone apps for birding]<br />
<br />
[http://ibird.com/compare.aspx A feature comparison of various bird guide apps, inlcuding Sibley, Peterson, NatGeo, and iBird]<br />
<br />
[http://blog.aba.org/2011/10/digital-bird-song-identification-a-reality.html#comments A forthcoming app for automatically IDing bird song in the field]<br />
<br />
===Apps for finding birds===<br />
[http://www.getbirdseye.com/ Cornell's BirdsEye app (for finding recent sightings using the eBird database)]<br />
<br />
[http://ictbirds.wordpress.com/ iCTBirds: an app for finding birds in CT using the Connecticut Ornithological Association's CTBirds listserv]<br />
<br />
[http://www.ctbirdtrends.org/storrssightings.html A webpage that shows recent sightings from birding hotspots around Storrs (for free!), using the eBird database]<br />
<br />
===Bird blogs===<br />
<br />
[http://www.sibleyguides.com/ David Sibley's Blog], wherein the field guide guy riffs mostly on the finer and philosophical points of bird identification, and reports his experiments in window treatments to prevent bird strikes. <br />
<br />
[http://www.surfbirds.com/community-blogs/mbalame/2008/03/13/when-bad-photos-happen-to-good-birds/ North Coast (Oregon) Diaries] Comments on photo documentation versus detailed notes. See also the March 2, 2008 post on Ugly Gulls (browse Main calendar).<br />
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===Jobs in Ornithology===<br />
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[http://www.osnabirds.org/on/ornjobs.htm Jobs in Ornithology], the job board for the Ornithological Societies of North America. THE central clearing house for field research internships and jobs. <br />
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[http://listserv.umd.edu/archives/ecolog-l.html ECOLOG-L listserve postings] Job postings, other miscellaneous information and discussions about field ecology.<br />
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[http://beardsleyzoo.org/volunteer-gi1 CT Beardsley Zoo Summer Internships]<br />
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== Collections Work Hours Sign Up ==<br />
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'''Vertebrate Collections Manager:''' Sue Hochgraf susan.hochgraf@uconn.edu 860-486-8945<br />
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To sign-up, let Dr. Rubega or Chris know which date/hours you would like to work; refer here to see hours already taken. No more than 2 students in an hour block simultaneously, unless Sue Hochgraf approves it.<br />
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[[Category:EEB Courses]]</div>Christopher Fieldhttp://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=Ornithology_Lecture&diff=21352Ornithology Lecture2012-03-06T02:11:55Z<p>Christopher Field: </p>
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== Basic Course Information == <br />
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'''Spring 2012''' <br />
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'''Meets:''' Monday & Wednesdays, 11:00 - 11:50, BPB 130 <br />
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'''Instructor:''' Dr. Margaret Rubega '''Office:''' PharmBio 500<br />
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'''Office Phone:''' 486-4502 '''Office Hours:''' Weds, 10-11 am, and by appointment<br />
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'''Email: margaret.rubega@uconn.edu''' <br />
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'''Twitter name:''' profrubega<br />
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'''TA:''' Chris Field '''Office:''' PharmBio 310A<br />
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'''Office Phone:'''' 486-3005 '''Office Hours:''' Weds, 12-2 pm, and by appointment<br />
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'''Email: christopher.field@huskymail.uconn.edu'''<br />
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'''Twitter name:''' cfieldnotes<br />
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<font color= "#FF0000">Your emails to me '''MUST contain the phrase "EEB 4260” in the subject line;''' email received without that phrase, and especially those with a blank subject line, will be DELETED without being read.</font><br />
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== Text ==<br />
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ORNITHOLOGY, 3rd Edition (Freeman) by Frank B. Gill<br />
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See also online materials at: http://www.whfreeman.com/gill3e<br />
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== Optional supplemental texts ==<br />
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MANUAL OF ORNITHOLOGY (Yale Univ.), by N.S. Proctor and P.J. Lynch<br />
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BIRDS OF STORRS (Natchaug Ornithological Society) by G.A. Clark, Jr.<br />
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SIBLEY GUIDE TO BIRD LIFE AND BEHAVIOR (Knopf), ed. by C. Elphick, J.B. Dunning and D.A. Sibley.<br />
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== Class Schedule ==<br />
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!width="300"|Optional reading [in brackets]from Proctor & Lynch (unless otherwise stated) , and other resources <br />
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| || Jan 18 ||Course Introduction || READ COURSE GUIDELINES; sign and turn in [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/0/06/EEB_4260_Course_Guidelines_Form.pdf form]. ALSO: Pgs. xxi- xxvi and Chapter 1 in Gill || [1–6]<br />
Evidence that [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zuDXzVYZ68 multitasking makes you less capable]; see also [http://chronicle.com/article/Scholars-Turn-Their-Attention/63746 this article] for a more thorough description of the problem.<br />
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| 1 || Jan 23 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/d/dc/EEB_4260_Lecture_notes_Course_Intro_%26_Why_study_birds.pdf What are birds and why would we study them?] ''Course Guidelines Form Due.''|| Pgs. xxi- xxvi and Chapter 1 in Gill || [1–6]<br />
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| 2 || Jan 25 ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/c/c4/Lecturenotes02%28Birds_of_the_World%29.pdf Birds of the World]. ||Chapter 1 & online at: [http://www.whfreeman.com/gill3e www.whfreeman.com/gill3e] || <br />
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| 3 || Jan 30 ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/2/2f/Lecture_notes_Avian_evolution.pdf Avian evolution] || Chapter 2 ||[13 – 21] || <br />
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| 4 || Feb 1 ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/3/3d/Lecture_notes_Feathers.pdf Feathers] || Chapter 4 || [81–115] Also: [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100204144422.htm Dinosaur feather colors revealed!]||<br />
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| 5 || Feb 6 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/7/75/EEB_281_-_Lecture_06_Flight_.pdf Flight] || Chapter 5 || [117,136–139, 148–151, 156–163] [http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/sci;299/5605/329 Article and videos of wing-assisted incline-running!] ||<br />
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| 6 || Feb 8 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/5/55/Lecture_notes_Endothermy_and_thermoregulation.pdf Physiology: Endothermy and Thermoregulation] || Chapter 6 (pgs. 150-164) || <br />
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| 7 || Feb 13 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/d/d0/Lecture_notes_Feeding.pdf Feeding, feeding structures and feeding behavior]|| Chapter 1 (pgs. 13-15)||[122–130, 152-154], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtmLVP0HvDg Tool making in New Caledonian Crows!]<br />
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| 8 || Feb 15 ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/archive/3/38/20110314140416!Lecture_note_Digestion_and_Excretion.pdf Physiology: Digestion and Excretion; Water Balance] || Chapter 6 (pp. 164-179) || [175-187, 219-239]<br />
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| 9 || Feb 20 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/archive/e/e7/20110314141007!Lecture_notes_Resp%26Circ.pdf Physiology: Respiration and Circulation] || Chapter 6 (141-150) || [189-217]<br />
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| 10 || Feb 22 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/6/60/Lecture_notes_Sensory_Biology.pdf Sensory Biology and Intelligence] || Chapter 7 || [241-262] See [http://www.yourdailymedia.com/media/1157804897/Clever_Birds Evidence that birds are smarter than you!]<br />
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| 11 &12 || Feb 27 -29 ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/2/2a/Lecture_notes_Communication.pdf Communication: Visual] AND [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/4/47/Lecture_notes_Vocalizations.pdf Vocal] ||Pgs. 344-359 and Chapter 8 AND watch [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hq1DsB3ssqE&list=SL Communication in Birds Video]|| [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2Bsu4z9Y3k Manakins show off -- Michael Jackson rolls over!] <br />
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| 13 || Mar 5|| [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/c/cd/Lecture_notes_Annual_Cycle.pdf Annual Cycles] || Chapter 9 || <br />
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| || Mar 7 || '''Mid-term exam''' || Lectures through Communication: Visual AND Vocal; all associated readings || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/5/57/EEB_281_Sample_test.pdf Click here to view a Sample Test]<br />
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| ||March 12-16 ||'''SPRING BREAK''' || NO CLASS ||<br />
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| 14 || Mar 19|| [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/0/02/Lecture_Notes_Migration.pdf Migration] || Chapter 10 (pgs. 273-295) || <br />
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| 16 || Mar 26||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/5/5e/Lecture_notes_Social_Behavior.pdf Social Behavior] || Chapter 11 ||<br />
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| 17 || Mar 28||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/3/37/Lecture_notes_Breeding_Systems.pdf Reproduction: Mating Behavior] || Pg. 359 through Chapter 13 || <br />
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| 18 ||April 2 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/d/dd/Lecture_Notes_Reproductive_physiology.pdf Reproduction: Physiology] ||Chapter 14 || [219-239]<br />
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| 19 || Apr 4|| [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/a/af/Lecture_notes_Nests.pdf Reproduction: Nests and Nesting] || Chapter 15 || <br />
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|20 || Apr 9||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/6/6c/Lecture_Notes_Chick_Growth.pdf Reproduction: Growth and Development of Young] || Chapter 16 (pgs. 467-482) || <br />
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| 21 || Apr 11 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/9/9f/Parental_Care.pdf Reproduction: Parental Care] || Chapter 16 (pgs. 482-502) || <br />
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| 22 & 23 || Apr 16 -18 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/7/7a/Conservation.pdf Avian Conservation] || Chapter 21, pgs.558-569 || <br />
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| 24 || April 23 || Climate Change & Birds || Pgs. 269 - 271 || [http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/atlas/ US Forest Service Climate Change Bird (& Tree) Atlas] showing how bird distributions will change with changes in climate.<br />
The [http://www.ipcc.ch/ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's] web page.The [http://www.arborday.org/media/map_change.cfm Arbor Day Foundation's] maps showing changes in hardiness zones since 1990.[http://www.gfdl.noaa.gov/~kd/KDwebpages/NHice.html NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory's] sea ice projections. <br />
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| || May 4 || '''FINAL EXAM''' || ALL MATERIAL TO DATE || 10:30-12:30 am<br />
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== Course Guidelines and Grading Policies ==<br />
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'''Use of electronics''' in the classroom? In a word, no. Your phone should be OFF (not set to vibrate), your music should be off, your earphones should be in your backpack, and your laptop should be used ONLY for taking notes. All other uses (surfing the web, watching videos, email, IM, texting, whatever) are distracting, disruptive of the work we are doing in the classroom, and disrespectful of your classmates and the instructor. I will call you out publicly for the first offense; at the second offense you will be banned from using even a laptop in class; on the third offense I will ask you to leave. If you lack the self-restraint to stay on task in class, then take notes on paper. Recording lectures with any device is prohibited unless you ask for and receive permission from me in writing. <br />
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'''Entering or Leaving the classroom''' during a lecture is distracting and disruptive; do not do it unless absolutely necessary. If you know you will be late, or will have to leave early, come and go by the BACK door of the lecture hall, and sit in the nearest available seat to the door, whether you know the person sitting in the next seat or not. I will assume that, as adults, we are all capable of anticipating, and managing, the need to use the bathroom without leaving the classroom during a lecture. Assume that if you must leave the lecture hall, you may not come back. If you expect an emergency communication during class, speak to me about it before lecture begins. <br />
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'''Grading''' in this course is done on a straight percentage-of-points basis, i.e., to obtain an A, you need to earn 90% or more of the available points on tests, minute papers, and other assigned activities (e.g., Twitter). <font color= "#FF0000">The grades will '''not''' be "curved", and there will be '''no''' opportunities for "make-up" or "extra-credit" points.</font> If you miss a test or minute paper, you will receive a score of zero. If you have a legitimate reason (e.g., a death in the family) to miss a test or minute paper, you may be excused (at the discretion of the instructor) IF AND ONLY IF you provide written documentation (for example,an obituary documenting a death in your family). In cases where you have a legitimate excuse, there still will be no make-ups administered: you will be graded only on the basis of the points contained in the tests and minute papers you did complete. NOTE that this method reduces the number of points you can afford to lose and still do well in the course. <br />
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'''Attendance''' is not taken, and is not required; however, if you miss class you may miss in-class minute papers or quizzes(see below). As noted above, there are no opportunities for making-up missed minute papers. You may also miss information I give, discussions that arise over questions asked, examples given on the spur of the moment. You are responsible, on tests, for what is said in class, as well as the materials in the reading. If you miss class, '''you are responsible''' for using the lecture materials provided above, and for getting any additional notes from lecture from a classmate: ''I will not re-lecture to you, one-on-one, at a later appointment''. Arrive early to the next lecture, or stay a little late, and find out whether you missed a minute paper; do not ask me to meet with you outside of class to "tell you what you missed". <br />
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SICK? First, do your level best to let me know before you miss a class exercise/test. Second, if you are sick, believe me when I say that we don't want to see you in class! Please be responsible, and don't spread germs by coming to class with a fever, or hacking and coughing. For illnesses, I pro-rate your grade on the basis of the point-bearing exercises you didn't miss. If you are sick for the final YOU MUST INFORM [http://www.ossa.uconn.edu/ THE OFFICE OF STUDENT SERVICES & ADVOCACY] in order to be allowed to take a make-up after final exam week is over. '''The final exam is the only point-bearing exercise for which a make-up is possible.''' <br />
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These policies have been developed over years of teaching this and other courses, and are designed to ensure fair treatment of everyone by maximizing everyone's opportunity to learn, eliminating discrepancies in testing and evaluation, and by eliminating differences in the amount of study time available to students. I am very willing to discuss my reasoning for these policies, but if you try to talk me into making an exception to them for you, you will fail, and probably make me grumpy to boot.<br />
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== Tests/Minute Papers==<br />
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'''COURSE POINT TOTAL 285 POINTS''' <br />
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Test 1: 100 points, March 7 (Covers material from Lecture 1 through March 5th)<br />
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Final: 120 points, May 2 (100 points are dedicated to material after 2nd Test, 20 points are dedicated to material from the WHOLE COURSE)<br />
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[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/5/57/EEB_281_Sample_test.pdf Click here to view a Sample Test]<br />
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'''Tests, total points 220 points'''<br />
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Minute papers: are short (it takes a minute!), UNGRADED (if you write something relevant, you're good -- there are no "right" answers) responses to questions we will pose in class. They are worth 3 points each, and there will be 10 of them over the whole semester. Three points apiece may seem trivial, but it's worth remembering that, taken together, the minute papers are worth 10% of your grade, conceivably the difference between a B and an A. The questions on the minute papers are designed to provide us with feedback on your background preparation for certain material, to assess whether you understood what we just tried to teach you, and to prompt you to assess your own understanding of the material. Occasionally, instead of a minute paper, I may administer a GRADED, 3 point quiz. These will be used as practice for larger tests, to assess your knowledge and understanding, and to keep you engaged. If I see evidence that the work of the class is not being taken seriously, I will shift from ungraded minute papers to graded quizzes.<br />
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'''Minute papers/Quizzes, total points 30 Points'''<br />
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== Other Required Class Activities ==<br />
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Every student is expected to visit the [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/department/collections/index.html EEB Biological Collections] for a tour that will introduce you to the resources and opportunities in the collection. We will offer 4 different opportunities, on different days and times. You will need to sign in at the collection; at the end of the semester, everyone who has signed in, will have 5 points added to their grade. '''Tours will take about 45 minutes, they meet at the south end of the Biology/Physics building lobby on the hour'''. You are responsible for finding a day and time to attend from the options listed below; if your class schedule prohibits you from attending any of these, you are responsible for letting me know that you will need an alternate opportunity BEFORE THE LAST WEEK OF CLASS. If you have already toured the collections (e.g., in a previous class with me or another instructor), provide me with documentation to that effect, and I will just add the 5 points to your grade without you needing to tour the collections again. <br />
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'''Available tour days/times: <br />
February 2 @ 2pm; <br />
February 9 @ 9am;<br />
February 15 @ 12pm;<br />
March 6 @ 10am; <br />
March 19 @ 8am.'''<br />
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'''Biological Collections tour total points 5 points'''<br />
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'''Twitter''' is a social networking resource that allows users to communicate in short, frequent posts. Posts ("tweets") are limited to 140 characters. I expect you to go to [http://twitter.com Twitter], sign up (a matter of giving an email address and picking a password and username), and, over the course of the semester, post at least 10 times; '''5 of your posts must be up by 5 pm on March 2.''' Your posts should consist of any observation of birds you make that somehow relates to the content of the course. Each post should say: where you are; what you are seeing in the birdlife around you; and make the connection to the course content. For example: "Two sparrows are beating each other up outside the student union. Territoriality or dominance fight?" I must know your username in order to give you credit for Twitter post: use your first initial/last name, thus Matthew McHenry would have a user name of mmchenry. If you find your particular username is already taken, pick something logical. Once your account is in place, then use "Find People" on Twitter to locate me (type in "Margaret Rubega" or "ProfRubega")and then click on "Follow" to follow me. I will receive an autumated message informing me that you are following me, and will have a record of your user name. You MUST end every tweet with the string "#BirdClass"; that is how I will be tracking tweets, and any post without it will NOT count toward your credit. We will all be able to see every tweet generated by the class by searching on #birdclass. We will be keeping track of posting and points during the semester by tracking the posts themselves. The beauty of Twitter is that it can be posted to virtually at any time, anywhere --- it's possible to post using many types of cell phones. However, '''anyone with an internet connection can post from a computer, and you should be mindful (as you are responsible for) of any texting charges that posting from your phone may incur.''' <br />
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'''Twitter posting total points 30 points'''<br />
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== Academic Rules/Conduct ==<br />
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All students should be aware of the guidelines on academic integrity contained in the Student Conduct Code. Click here to see the [http://www.dos.uconn.edu/student_code.html Conduct Code].<br />
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== Course Guidelines Form ==<br />
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After you have read ALL of the above, print out and sign the [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/0/06/EEB_4260_Course_Guidelines_Form.pdf Course Guidelines Form]. Hand it in to Dr. Rubega no later than the end of the last lecture of the 2nd week of classes.<br />
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== Questions ==<br />
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If you have questions, by all means collar me or email me and ask. I will post both the' ''questions''' (questioners will be anonymous) and answers here.<br />
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'''Do we have to know about flight in depth?'''<br />
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Sorry, I'm not sure I understand the question. The lecture outline, and the lecture I gave, and the minute paper we did on flight, are all indicators of the basic extent to which I expect you to know about flight. It is more likely you will do very well on the exam if you know about flight in depth (i.e., have mastered everything in the textbook on flight as well); but not having mastered every word of what's in the book does not preclude a good grade on the test. <br />
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And while we are on the subject, if you aren't sure you understand the basics of flight mechanics, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4_9kDO3q0w&feature=related '''this'''] might help you understand wing-loading.<br />
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'''I was reviewing the Galliformes and realized that online in the chart provided it was "Family/Order" and it contains guinea fowl/quails etc. I am just wondering if because this is "family/order" and not just "family" like the other charts if we need to have these learned as well since they seem to technically be orders? '''<br />
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You need to know that the Galliformes are the fowl-like birds, and their major characteristics, distribution and # of species, as a group. There is a chart on the Galliform page showing the families WITHIN the Galliformes, but I am not expecting you to know the families (anything that ends in "idae" is a family) -- only the orders. I don't have any idea why that table has a header that says "Order/Family" -- I suspect it is because there is debate about whether some of those families are, in fact, orders of their own. You are only responsible for knowing the orders named as orders in Table 1.1 on that website.<br />
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== Bird News ==<br />
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A [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Ornithology_in_the_news link] to a page set up and maintained by Dr. Elphick.<br />
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== Useful and Amusing Links ==<br />
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[http://www.huyckpreserve.org/research/odum_intern.htm '''Field Ecology Internships''']<br />
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[http://www.ourearth.org/students/OurEarth_Flyer.pdf '''Summer Environmental Internships''']<br />
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[http://www.beardsleyzoo.org/get-involved/summer-intern.asp'''CT Beardsley Zoo Summer Internships''']<br />
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[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/microraptor/program.html Wicked Nova Series on Four-winged Dinosaurs!] Watch it here. <br />
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[http://www.osnabirds.org/on/ornjobs.htm Jobs in Ornithology], the job board for the Ornithological Societies of North America. THE central clearing house for field research internships and jobs. <br />
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[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Ornithology_Collections:_Specimen_Donation_and_Tracking UConn Ornithology Collections Donation Page] -- where to go if you find a dead bird!<br />
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[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/department/collections/index.html University of Connecticut Biological Collections], including the Bird Collection.<br />
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[http://www.lab.fws.gov/featheratlas/ Feather Identification Resource Online!] The Feather Atlas of North American Birds provided high-resolution scans of flight feathers of the major groups of birds; useful for comparison with found feathers whose origin you aren't sure of. <br />
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[http://www.ups.edu/x5662.xml Images of Bird Wings Online.] The Slater Museum, at the University of Puget Sound, provides high-resolution images of their entire collection of spread (open) bird wings. Useful for studying flight style as a function of wing morphology.<br />
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[[Category:EEB Courses]]</div>Christopher Fieldhttp://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=Ornithology_Lecture&diff=21296Ornithology Lecture2012-02-29T17:24:26Z<p>Christopher Field: </p>
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''Carmine Bee eaters; Photo copyright Frank Gallo''<br />
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== Basic Course Information == <br />
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'''Spring 2012''' <br />
<br />
'''Meets:''' Monday & Wednesdays, 11:00 - 11:50, BPB 130 <br />
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'''Instructor:''' Dr. Margaret Rubega '''Office:''' PharmBio 500<br />
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'''Office Phone:''' 486-4502 '''Office Hours:''' Weds, 10-11 am, and by appointment<br />
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'''Email: margaret.rubega@uconn.edu''' <br />
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'''Twitter name:''' profrubega<br />
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'''TA:''' Chris Field '''Office:''' PharmBio 310A<br />
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'''Office Phone:'''' 486-3005 '''Office Hours:''' Weds, 12-2 pm, and by appointment<br />
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'''Email: christopher.field@huskymail.uconn.edu'''<br />
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'''Twitter name:''' cfieldnotes<br />
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<font color= "#FF0000">Your emails to me '''MUST contain the phrase "EEB 4260” in the subject line;''' email received without that phrase, and especially those with a blank subject line, will be DELETED without being read.</font><br />
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== Text ==<br />
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ORNITHOLOGY, 3rd Edition (Freeman) by Frank B. Gill<br />
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See also online materials at: http://www.whfreeman.com/gill3e<br />
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== Optional supplemental texts ==<br />
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MANUAL OF ORNITHOLOGY (Yale Univ.), by N.S. Proctor and P.J. Lynch<br />
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BIRDS OF STORRS (Natchaug Ornithological Society) by G.A. Clark, Jr.<br />
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SIBLEY GUIDE TO BIRD LIFE AND BEHAVIOR (Knopf), ed. by C. Elphick, J.B. Dunning and D.A. Sibley.<br />
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== Class Schedule ==<br />
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{| border="1" cellpadding="2"<br />
!width="50"|Lecture #<br />
!width="75"|Date<br />
!width="300"|Subject (click for lecture notes) <br />
!width="300"|Required Reading in Gill (unless otherwise stated)<br />
!width="300"|Optional reading [in brackets]from Proctor & Lynch (unless otherwise stated) , and other resources <br />
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| || Jan 18 ||Course Introduction || READ COURSE GUIDELINES; sign and turn in [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/0/06/EEB_4260_Course_Guidelines_Form.pdf form]. ALSO: Pgs. xxi- xxvi and Chapter 1 in Gill || [1–6]<br />
Evidence that [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zuDXzVYZ68 multitasking makes you less capable]; see also [http://chronicle.com/article/Scholars-Turn-Their-Attention/63746 this article] for a more thorough description of the problem.<br />
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| 1 || Jan 23 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/d/dc/EEB_4260_Lecture_notes_Course_Intro_%26_Why_study_birds.pdf What are birds and why would we study them?] ''Course Guidelines Form Due.''|| Pgs. xxi- xxvi and Chapter 1 in Gill || [1–6]<br />
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| 2 || Jan 25 ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/c/c4/Lecturenotes02%28Birds_of_the_World%29.pdf Birds of the World]. ||Chapter 1 & online at: [http://www.whfreeman.com/gill3e www.whfreeman.com/gill3e] || <br />
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| 3 || Jan 30 ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/2/2f/Lecture_notes_Avian_evolution.pdf Avian evolution] || Chapter 2 ||[13 – 21] || <br />
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| 4 || Feb 1 ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/3/3d/Lecture_notes_Feathers.pdf Feathers] || Chapter 4 || [81–115] Also: [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100204144422.htm Dinosaur feather colors revealed!]||<br />
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| 5 || Feb 6 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/7/75/EEB_281_-_Lecture_06_Flight_.pdf Flight] || Chapter 5 || [117,136–139, 148–151, 156–163] [http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/sci;299/5605/329 Article and videos of wing-assisted incline-running!] ||<br />
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| 6 || Feb 8 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/5/55/Lecture_notes_Endothermy_and_thermoregulation.pdf Physiology: Endothermy and Thermoregulation] || Chapter 6 (pgs. 150-164) || <br />
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| 7 || Feb 13 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/d/d0/Lecture_notes_Feeding.pdf Feeding, feeding structures and feeding behavior]|| Chapter 1 (pgs. 13-15)||[122–130, 152-154], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtmLVP0HvDg Tool making in New Caledonian Crows!]<br />
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| 8 || Feb 15 ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/archive/3/38/20110314140416!Lecture_note_Digestion_and_Excretion.pdf Physiology: Digestion and Excretion; Water Balance] || Chapter 6 (pp. 164-179) || [175-187, 219-239]<br />
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| 9 || Feb 20 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/archive/e/e7/20110314141007!Lecture_notes_Resp%26Circ.pdf Physiology: Respiration and Circulation] || Chapter 6 (141-150) || [189-217]<br />
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| 10 || Feb 22 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/6/60/Lecture_notes_Sensory_Biology.pdf Sensory Biology and Intelligence] || Chapter 7 || [241-262] See [http://www.yourdailymedia.com/media/1157804897/Clever_Birds Evidence that birds are smarter than you!]<br />
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| 11 &12 || Feb 27 -29 ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/2/2a/Lecture_notes_Communication.pdf Communication: Visual] AND [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/4/47/Lecture_notes_Vocalizations.pdf Vocal] ||Pgs. 344-359 and Chapter 8 AND watch [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hq1DsB3ssqE&list=SL Communication in Birds Video]|| [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2Bsu4z9Y3k Manakins show off -- Michael Jackson rolls over!] <br />
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| 13 || Mar 5|| [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/c/cd/Lecture_notes_Annual_Cycle.pdf Annual Cycles] || Chapter 9 || <br />
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| || Mar 7 || '''Mid-term exam''' || Lectures through Communication: Visual; all associated readings || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/5/57/EEB_281_Sample_test.pdf Click here to view a Sample Test]<br />
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| ||March 12-16 ||'''SPRING BREAK''' || NO CLASS ||<br />
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| 14 || Mar 19|| [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/0/02/Lecture_Notes_Migration.pdf Migration] || Chapter 10 (pgs. 273-295) || <br />
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| 16 || Mar 26||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/5/5e/Lecture_notes_Social_Behavior.pdf Social Behavior] || Chapter 11 ||<br />
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| 17 || Mar 28||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/3/37/Lecture_notes_Breeding_Systems.pdf Reproduction: Mating Behavior] || Pg. 359 through Chapter 13 || <br />
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| 18 ||April 2 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/d/dd/Lecture_Notes_Reproductive_physiology.pdf Reproduction: Physiology] ||Chapter 14 || [219-239]<br />
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| 19 || Apr 4|| [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/a/af/Lecture_notes_Nests.pdf Reproduction: Nests and Nesting] || Chapter 15 || <br />
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|20 || Apr 9||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/6/6c/Lecture_Notes_Chick_Growth.pdf Reproduction: Growth and Development of Young] || Chapter 16 (pgs. 467-482) || <br />
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| 21 || Apr 11 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/9/9f/Parental_Care.pdf Reproduction: Parental Care] || Chapter 16 (pgs. 482-502) || <br />
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| 22 & 23 || Apr 16 -18 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/7/7a/Conservation.pdf Avian Conservation] || Chapter 21, pgs.558-569 || <br />
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| 24 || April 23 || Climate Change & Birds || Pgs. 269 - 271 || [http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/atlas/ US Forest Service Climate Change Bird (& Tree) Atlas] showing how bird distributions will change with changes in climate.<br />
The [http://www.ipcc.ch/ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's] web page.The [http://www.arborday.org/media/map_change.cfm Arbor Day Foundation's] maps showing changes in hardiness zones since 1990.[http://www.gfdl.noaa.gov/~kd/KDwebpages/NHice.html NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory's] sea ice projections. <br />
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| || May 4 || '''FINAL EXAM''' || ALL MATERIAL TO DATE || 10:30-12:30 am<br />
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== Course Guidelines and Grading Policies ==<br />
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'''Use of electronics''' in the classroom? In a word, no. Your phone should be OFF (not set to vibrate), your music should be off, your earphones should be in your backpack, and your laptop should be used ONLY for taking notes. All other uses (surfing the web, watching videos, email, IM, texting, whatever) are distracting, disruptive of the work we are doing in the classroom, and disrespectful of your classmates and the instructor. I will call you out publicly for the first offense; at the second offense you will be banned from using even a laptop in class; on the third offense I will ask you to leave. If you lack the self-restraint to stay on task in class, then take notes on paper. Recording lectures with any device is prohibited unless you ask for and receive permission from me in writing. <br />
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'''Entering or Leaving the classroom''' during a lecture is distracting and disruptive; do not do it unless absolutely necessary. If you know you will be late, or will have to leave early, come and go by the BACK door of the lecture hall, and sit in the nearest available seat to the door, whether you know the person sitting in the next seat or not. I will assume that, as adults, we are all capable of anticipating, and managing, the need to use the bathroom without leaving the classroom during a lecture. Assume that if you must leave the lecture hall, you may not come back. If you expect an emergency communication during class, speak to me about it before lecture begins. <br />
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'''Grading''' in this course is done on a straight percentage-of-points basis, i.e., to obtain an A, you need to earn 90% or more of the available points on tests, minute papers, and other assigned activities (e.g., Twitter). <font color= "#FF0000">The grades will '''not''' be "curved", and there will be '''no''' opportunities for "make-up" or "extra-credit" points.</font> If you miss a test or minute paper, you will receive a score of zero. If you have a legitimate reason (e.g., a death in the family) to miss a test or minute paper, you may be excused (at the discretion of the instructor) IF AND ONLY IF you provide written documentation (for example,an obituary documenting a death in your family). In cases where you have a legitimate excuse, there still will be no make-ups administered: you will be graded only on the basis of the points contained in the tests and minute papers you did complete. NOTE that this method reduces the number of points you can afford to lose and still do well in the course. <br />
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'''Attendance''' is not taken, and is not required; however, if you miss class you may miss in-class minute papers or quizzes(see below). As noted above, there are no opportunities for making-up missed minute papers. You may also miss information I give, discussions that arise over questions asked, examples given on the spur of the moment. You are responsible, on tests, for what is said in class, as well as the materials in the reading. If you miss class, '''you are responsible''' for using the lecture materials provided above, and for getting any additional notes from lecture from a classmate: ''I will not re-lecture to you, one-on-one, at a later appointment''. Arrive early to the next lecture, or stay a little late, and find out whether you missed a minute paper; do not ask me to meet with you outside of class to "tell you what you missed". <br />
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SICK? First, do your level best to let me know before you miss a class exercise/test. Second, if you are sick, believe me when I say that we don't want to see you in class! Please be responsible, and don't spread germs by coming to class with a fever, or hacking and coughing. For illnesses, I pro-rate your grade on the basis of the point-bearing exercises you didn't miss. If you are sick for the final YOU MUST INFORM [http://www.ossa.uconn.edu/ THE OFFICE OF STUDENT SERVICES & ADVOCACY] in order to be allowed to take a make-up after final exam week is over. '''The final exam is the only point-bearing exercise for which a make-up is possible.''' <br />
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These policies have been developed over years of teaching this and other courses, and are designed to ensure fair treatment of everyone by maximizing everyone's opportunity to learn, eliminating discrepancies in testing and evaluation, and by eliminating differences in the amount of study time available to students. I am very willing to discuss my reasoning for these policies, but if you try to talk me into making an exception to them for you, you will fail, and probably make me grumpy to boot.<br />
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== Tests/Minute Papers==<br />
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'''COURSE POINT TOTAL 285 POINTS''' <br />
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Test 1: 100 points, March 7 (Covers material from Lecture 1 through March 5th)<br />
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Final: 120 points, May 2 (100 points are dedicated to material after 2nd Test, 20 points are dedicated to material from the WHOLE COURSE)<br />
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[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/5/57/EEB_281_Sample_test.pdf Click here to view a Sample Test]<br />
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'''Tests, total points 220 points'''<br />
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Minute papers: are short (it takes a minute!), UNGRADED (if you write something relevant, you're good -- there are no "right" answers) responses to questions we will pose in class. They are worth 3 points each, and there will be 10 of them over the whole semester. Three points apiece may seem trivial, but it's worth remembering that, taken together, the minute papers are worth 10% of your grade, conceivably the difference between a B and an A. The questions on the minute papers are designed to provide us with feedback on your background preparation for certain material, to assess whether you understood what we just tried to teach you, and to prompt you to assess your own understanding of the material. Occasionally, instead of a minute paper, I may administer a GRADED, 3 point quiz. These will be used as practice for larger tests, to assess your knowledge and understanding, and to keep you engaged. If I see evidence that the work of the class is not being taken seriously, I will shift from ungraded minute papers to graded quizzes.<br />
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'''Minute papers/Quizzes, total points 30 Points'''<br />
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== Other Required Class Activities ==<br />
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Every student is expected to visit the [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/department/collections/index.html EEB Biological Collections] for a tour that will introduce you to the resources and opportunities in the collection. We will offer 4 different opportunities, on different days and times. You will need to sign in at the collection; at the end of the semester, everyone who has signed in, will have 5 points added to their grade. '''Tours will take about 45 minutes, they meet at the south end of the Biology/Physics building lobby on the hour'''. You are responsible for finding a day and time to attend from the options listed below; if your class schedule prohibits you from attending any of these, you are responsible for letting me know that you will need an alternate opportunity BEFORE THE LAST WEEK OF CLASS. If you have already toured the collections (e.g., in a previous class with me or another instructor), provide me with documentation to that effect, and I will just add the 5 points to your grade without you needing to tour the collections again. <br />
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'''Available tour days/times: <br />
February 2 @ 2pm; <br />
February 9 @ 9am;<br />
February 15 @ 12pm;<br />
March 6 @ 10am; <br />
March 19 @ 8am.'''<br />
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'''Biological Collections tour total points 5 points'''<br />
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'''Twitter''' is a social networking resource that allows users to communicate in short, frequent posts. Posts ("tweets") are limited to 140 characters. I expect you to go to [http://twitter.com Twitter], sign up (a matter of giving an email address and picking a password and username), and, over the course of the semester, post at least 10 times; '''5 of your posts must be up by 5 pm on March 2.''' Your posts should consist of any observation of birds you make that somehow relates to the content of the course. Each post should say: where you are; what you are seeing in the birdlife around you; and make the connection to the course content. For example: "Two sparrows are beating each other up outside the student union. Territoriality or dominance fight?" I must know your username in order to give you credit for Twitter post: use your first initial/last name, thus Matthew McHenry would have a user name of mmchenry. If you find your particular username is already taken, pick something logical. Once your account is in place, then use "Find People" on Twitter to locate me (type in "Margaret Rubega" or "ProfRubega")and then click on "Follow" to follow me. I will receive an autumated message informing me that you are following me, and will have a record of your user name. You MUST end every tweet with the string "#BirdClass"; that is how I will be tracking tweets, and any post without it will NOT count toward your credit. We will all be able to see every tweet generated by the class by searching on #birdclass. We will be keeping track of posting and points during the semester by tracking the posts themselves. The beauty of Twitter is that it can be posted to virtually at any time, anywhere --- it's possible to post using many types of cell phones. However, '''anyone with an internet connection can post from a computer, and you should be mindful (as you are responsible for) of any texting charges that posting from your phone may incur.''' <br />
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'''Twitter posting total points 30 points'''<br />
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== Academic Rules/Conduct ==<br />
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All students should be aware of the guidelines on academic integrity contained in the Student Conduct Code. Click here to see the [http://www.dos.uconn.edu/student_code.html Conduct Code].<br />
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== Course Guidelines Form ==<br />
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After you have read ALL of the above, print out and sign the [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/0/06/EEB_4260_Course_Guidelines_Form.pdf Course Guidelines Form]. Hand it in to Dr. Rubega no later than the end of the last lecture of the 2nd week of classes.<br />
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== Questions ==<br />
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If you have questions, by all means collar me or email me and ask. I will post both the ''questions'' (questioners will be anonymous) and answers here.<br />
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== Bird News ==<br />
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A [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Ornithology_in_the_news link] to a page set up and maintained by Dr. Elphick.<br />
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== Useful and Amusing Links ==<br />
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[http://www.huyckpreserve.org/research/odum_intern.htm '''Field Ecology Internships''']<br />
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[http://www.ourearth.org/students/OurEarth_Flyer.pdf '''Summer Environmental Internships''']<br />
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[http://www.beardsleyzoo.org/get-involved/summer-intern.asp'''CT Beardsley Zoo Summer Internships''']<br />
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[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/microraptor/program.html Wicked Nova Series on Four-winged Dinosaurs!] Watch it here. <br />
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[http://www.osnabirds.org/on/ornjobs.htm Jobs in Ornithology], the job board for the Ornithological Societies of North America. THE central clearing house for field research internships and jobs. <br />
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[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Ornithology_Collections:_Specimen_Donation_and_Tracking UConn Ornithology Collections Donation Page] -- where to go if you find a dead bird!<br />
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[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/department/collections/index.html University of Connecticut Biological Collections], including the Bird Collection.<br />
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[http://www.lab.fws.gov/featheratlas/ Feather Identification Resource Online!] The Feather Atlas of North American Birds provided high-resolution scans of flight feathers of the major groups of birds; useful for comparison with found feathers whose origin you aren't sure of. <br />
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[http://www.ups.edu/x5662.xml Images of Bird Wings Online.] The Slater Museum, at the University of Puget Sound, provides high-resolution images of their entire collection of spread (open) bird wings. Useful for studying flight style as a function of wing morphology.<br />
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[[Category:EEB Courses]]</div>Christopher Fieldhttp://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=Ornithology_Laboratory&diff=21293Ornithology Laboratory2012-02-29T14:30:39Z<p>Christopher Field: </p>
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''Western Sandpiper; drawing copyright Bridget Keimel''<br />
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== Basic Course Information == <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large">EEB 4261</span><br><br />
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'''Spring 2012''' <br />
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'''Meets:''' Fridays, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m, TLS 371<br />
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'''Instructor:''' '''[mailto:margaret.rubega@uconn.edu Dr. Margaret Rubega]'''<br> <br />
'''Office:''' PharmBio 500 '''Phone:''' 486-4502<br> <br />
'''Office Hours:''' By appointment<br><br />
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<font color= "#FF0000">Your emails to me '''MUST contain the phrase "EEB 4261” in the subject line;''' email received without that phrase, and especially those with a blank subject line, will be DELETED, unread.</font><br />
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'''Teaching Assistant:''' '''[mailto:christopher.field@uconn.edu Chris Field]'''<br><br />
'''Office:''' PharmBio 310 '''Phone:''' 486-3005 <br> <br />
'''Office Hours:''' Wed. 12-2, or by appointment<br><br />
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== Required Texts ==<br />
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MANUAL OF ORNITHOLOGY (Yale Univ.), by N.S. Proctor and P.J. Lynch<br />
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BIRDS OF STORRS (Natchaug Ornithological Society) by G.A. Clark, Jr.<br />
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SIBLEY GUIDE TO BIRDS (Knopf), by D.A. Sibley.(Eastern or North American Edition)<br />
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== Class Schedule ==<br />
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(<font color= "#FF0000">very</font> subject to change; check back before every lab)<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2"<br />
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| Jan 20 ||P & L p. 274-281,286-287; Sibley p. 9-14; Clark p. 1-19 || Tools of the trade: Optics, Field Guides, Field Notes and Journals || Come dressed and ready to bird; meet in TLS 371<br />
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| Jan 27 || P & L p. 22-37, 47-65, 263-265; Sibley p. 15-21; Clark p. 21-40/ P & L p. 66-77 || North American bird Orders; Topography and Field Marks; Feet, Beaks and Body Form; Opportunities in Ornithology || Bring P & L to class; meet in TLS 371<br />
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| Feb 3 || Handouts || Tour of Mansfield birding spots ||<br />
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| Feb 10 || Handouts|| Specimen preparation demonstration|| Come dressed to bird<br />
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| Feb 17 || P & L p. 81-105 || Feathers & Aerodynamics || <br />
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| Feb 24 || P & L Chapters 6 & 7, 205-209, 219-226|| Anatomy: musculature and internal organs || NO BIRDING - we will need the whole class period for dissections. '''Bring your Proctor and Lynch to class!'''<br />
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| March 2|| P & L Chap. 5 || Anatomy - Skeletons || Check for weather, and come dressed to bird <br />
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| March 9 || || '''MIDTERM EXAM'''; ''birding after''|| <br />
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| March 16 || ||NO CLASS - SPRING BREAK - GO BIRDING! || <br />
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| March 23 ||Handouts ||Field Techniques: Survey methods || <br />
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| March 30|| Proctor & Lynch p. 266-273 || Weather and Bird Movements: Go Outside to EXPERIENCE both! || [http://woodcreeper.com Monitor bird movements with Dave LaPuma!] [http://virtual.clemson.edu/groups/birdrad/ Clemson University Radar Ornithology Lab] [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/5/5d/Weather_lab.pdf Birds and Weather worksheet]<br />
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| April 6 || || Bird, Bird, Bird – outside all four hours || <br />
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| April 13 || Handouts || Field Techniques: Behavioral observations || <br />
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| April 20|| || Bird, Bird, Bird – outside all four hours|| <br />
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| April 27|| || Bird, Bird, Bird - outside all four hours||<br />
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| April 30 ||'''8:00 – 10:00 am'''|| '''FINAL EXAM in TLS 371'''||<br />
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== Grading ==<br />
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Grading in this course is done on a straight percentage-of-points basis, i.e., to obtain an A, you need to earn 90% or more of the available points. <font color= "#FF0000">The grades will '''not''' be "curved", and there will be '''no''' opportunities for "make-up" or "extra-credit" points.</font> Attendance on the field trips is '''required'''. If you miss a field trip, you lose 5 points. If you miss a test, you will receive a score of zero. If you have a legitimate reason (for example, a death in your family) to miss a field trip or test, you may be excused (at the discretion of the instructors) IF AND ONLY IF you provide written documentation (for example, an obituary documenting a death in your family) within one week of missing the class or test. In cases where the instructors determine you have a legitimate excuse, there still will be no make-ups administered: you will be graded only on the basis of the points contained in the field trips and tests you did complete. NOTE that this method reduces the number of points you can afford to lose and still do well in the course. <br />
<br />
SICK? First, do your level best to let us know before the field trip/class exercise/test. Second, if you are sick, believe us when we say that we don't want to see you in lab --- please be responsible, and don't spread germs by coming to class with a fever, or hacking and coughing. For illnesses, we pro-rate your grade on the basis of the point-bearing exercises you didn't miss. If you are sick for the final YOU MUST INFORM THE OFFICE OF STUDENT SERVICES in order to be allowed to take a make-up after final exam week is over. '''The final exam is the only point-bearing exercise for which a make-up is possible.''' <br />
<br />
These policies have been developed over years of teaching this and other courses, and are designed to ensure fair treatment of everyone by eliminating discrepancies in testing and evaluation, and by eliminating differences in the amount of field and study time available to students. I am very willing to discuss my reasoning for these policies, but if you try to talk me into making an exception to them for you, you will fail, and probably make me grumpy to boot.<br />
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== Point Structure for Grading ==<br />
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'''COURSE POINT TOTAL 300 POINTS''' <br />
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'''Test 1:''' 60 points, March 9 <br />
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'''Final:''' 60 points, April 30<br />
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'''Field Notebook:''' 30 points<br />
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'''Worksheets/Quizzes''' 50 points (5 at 10 points each)<br />
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[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/f/f6/Independent_observation_guidelines.pdf '''Independent Field Observations:'''] 35 points<br />
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SEE: [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/c/c5/Ebird_Setup_Document.pdf Ebird Set-up Document] and [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/7/7f/POINT_COUNT_PROTOCOL.pdf Point Count Protocol] and [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/6/62/Point_Count_Datasheet.pdf Point Count Datasheet] and<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/3/38/Point_count_example.pdf Point Count Example]. <br />
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Independent Field Observation Locations: [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/4/40/Heep_Site_Map.pdf Map of Hillside Environmental Education Project]or [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=208276875179231289772.0004b684a244c6b18ade9&msa=0 View the locations on Google Earth/Maps]<br />
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'''Field Trips:''' 45 points (Field trips are required: you ''lose'' 5 points for every missed trip. Note that field trips are VERY subject to change, depending on birds, weather, circumstances, and whim. Don't assume you know what you are going to miss!)<br />
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[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/department/collections/index.html '''Collections'''] '''Work:''' 20 points (4 hours at 5 points per hour).<br />
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You are also expected to keep a [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/f/fe/Field_Notebook_Guidelines.pdf '''Field Notebook.'''] Notebooks will be collected for grading, at random, throughout the course of the semester. You will earn up to a maximum of 30 points for your notebooks (no more than 10 points per grading event); '''you may not begin work on your independent observations until you have earned at least 20 points on your notebook'''.<br />
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== Academic Rules/Conduct ==<br />
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All students should be aware of the guidelines on academic integrity contained in the Student Conduct Code. The Conduct Code is available at http://www.dosa.uconn.edu/student_conduct.html.<br />
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== Questions ==<br />
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''If you have questions, by all means collar me or email me and ask. I will post both the questions (questioners will be anonymous) and answers here. <br />
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== Useful and Amusing Links ==<br />
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===Online field guides===<br />
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[http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/ Bird songs online!]<br />
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[http://www.lab.fws.gov/featheratlas/ Feather Identification Resource Online!] The Feather Atlas of North American Birds provided high-resolution scans of flight feathers of the major groups of birds; useful for comparison with found feathers whose origin you aren't sure of. <br />
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===Field guide apps===<br />
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[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/22/technology/personaltech/22smart.html An article from the NY Times on smart phone apps for birding]<br />
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[http://ibird.com/compare.aspx A feature comparison of various bird guide apps, inlcuding Sibley, Peterson, NatGeo, and iBird]<br />
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[http://blog.aba.org/2011/10/digital-bird-song-identification-a-reality.html#comments A forthcoming app for automatically IDing bird song in the field]<br />
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===Apps for finding birds===<br />
[http://www.getbirdseye.com/ Cornell's BirdsEye app (for finding recent sightings using the eBird database)]<br />
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[http://ictbirds.wordpress.com/ iCTBirds: an app for finding birds in CT using the Connecticut Ornithological Association's CTBirds listserv]<br />
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[http://www.ctbirdtrends.org/storrssightings.html A webpage that shows recent sightings from birding hotspots around Storrs (for free!), using the eBird database]<br />
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===Bird blogs===<br />
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[http://www.sibleyguides.com/ David Sibley's Blog], wherein the field guide guy riffs mostly on the finer and philosophical points of bird identification, and reports his experiments in window treatments to prevent bird strikes. <br />
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[http://www.surfbirds.com/community-blogs/mbalame/2008/03/13/when-bad-photos-happen-to-good-birds/ North Coast (Oregon) Diaries] Comments on photo documentation versus detailed notes. See also the March 2, 2008 post on Ugly Gulls (browse Main calendar).<br />
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===Jobs in Ornithology===<br />
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[http://www.osnabirds.org/on/ornjobs.htm Jobs in Ornithology], the job board for the Ornithological Societies of North America. THE central clearing house for field research internships and jobs. <br />
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[http://listserv.umd.edu/archives/ecolog-l.html ECOLOG-L listserve postings] Job postings, other miscellaneous information and discussions about field ecology.<br />
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[http://beardsleyzoo.org/volunteer-gi1 CT Beardsley Zoo Summer Internships]<br />
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== Collections Work Hours Sign Up ==<br />
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'''Vertebrate Collections Manager:''' Sue Hochgraf susan.hochgraf@uconn.edu 860-486-8945<br />
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To sign-up, let Dr. Rubega or Chris know which date/hours you would like to work; refer here to see hours already taken. No more than 2 students in an hour block simultaneously, unless Sue Hochgraf approves it.<br />
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| Mar 22|| || ||Zack M ||Zack M || || Melissa K + Erin C|| ||<br />
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| April 5|| |||| || || Jenna K ||Jenna K + Emily|| ||<br />
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[[Category:EEB Courses]]</div>Christopher Fieldhttp://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=Ornithology_Lecture&diff=21292Ornithology Lecture2012-02-29T14:28:44Z<p>Christopher Field: </p>
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== Basic Course Information == <br />
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'''Spring 2012''' <br />
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'''Meets:''' Monday & Wednesdays, 11:00 - 11:50, BPB 130 <br />
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'''Instructor:''' Dr. Margaret Rubega '''Office:''' PharmBio 500<br />
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'''Office Phone:''' 486-4502 '''Office Hours:''' Weds, 10-11 am, and by appointment<br />
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'''Email: margaret.rubega@uconn.edu''' <br />
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'''Twitter name:''' profrubega<br />
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'''TA:''' Chris Field '''Office:''' PharmBio 310A<br />
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'''Office Phone:'''' 486-3005 '''Office Hours:''' Weds, 12-2 pm, and by appointment<br />
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'''Email: christopher.field@huskymail.uconn.edu'''<br />
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'''Twitter name:''' cfieldnotes<br />
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<font color= "#FF0000">Your emails to me '''MUST contain the phrase "EEB 4260” in the subject line;''' email received without that phrase, and especially those with a blank subject line, will be DELETED without being read.</font><br />
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== Text ==<br />
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ORNITHOLOGY, 3rd Edition (Freeman) by Frank B. Gill<br />
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See also online materials at: http://www.whfreeman.com/gill3e<br />
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== Optional supplemental texts ==<br />
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MANUAL OF ORNITHOLOGY (Yale Univ.), by N.S. Proctor and P.J. Lynch<br />
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BIRDS OF STORRS (Natchaug Ornithological Society) by G.A. Clark, Jr.<br />
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SIBLEY GUIDE TO BIRD LIFE AND BEHAVIOR (Knopf), ed. by C. Elphick, J.B. Dunning and D.A. Sibley.<br />
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== Class Schedule ==<br />
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!width="300"|Required Reading in Gill (unless otherwise stated)<br />
!width="300"|Optional reading [in brackets]from Proctor & Lynch (unless otherwise stated) , and other resources <br />
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| || Jan 18 ||Course Introduction || READ COURSE GUIDELINES; sign and turn in [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/0/06/EEB_4260_Course_Guidelines_Form.pdf form]. ALSO: Pgs. xxi- xxvi and Chapter 1 in Gill || [1–6]<br />
Evidence that [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zuDXzVYZ68 multitasking makes you less capable]; see also [http://chronicle.com/article/Scholars-Turn-Their-Attention/63746 this article] for a more thorough description of the problem.<br />
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| 1 || Jan 23 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/d/dc/EEB_4260_Lecture_notes_Course_Intro_%26_Why_study_birds.pdf What are birds and why would we study them?] ''Course Guidelines Form Due.''|| Pgs. xxi- xxvi and Chapter 1 in Gill || [1–6]<br />
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| 2 || Jan 25 ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/c/c4/Lecturenotes02%28Birds_of_the_World%29.pdf Birds of the World]. ||Chapter 1 & online at: [http://www.whfreeman.com/gill3e www.whfreeman.com/gill3e] || <br />
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| 3 || Jan 30 ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/2/2f/Lecture_notes_Avian_evolution.pdf Avian evolution] || Chapter 2 ||[13 – 21] || <br />
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| 4 || Feb 1 ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/3/3d/Lecture_notes_Feathers.pdf Feathers] || Chapter 4 || [81–115] Also: [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100204144422.htm Dinosaur feather colors revealed!]||<br />
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| 5 || Feb 6 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/7/75/EEB_281_-_Lecture_06_Flight_.pdf Flight] || Chapter 5 || [117,136–139, 148–151, 156–163] [http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/sci;299/5605/329 Article and videos of wing-assisted incline-running!] ||<br />
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| 6 || Feb 8 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/5/55/Lecture_notes_Endothermy_and_thermoregulation.pdf Physiology: Endothermy and Thermoregulation] || Chapter 6 (pgs. 150-164) || <br />
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| 7 || Feb 13 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/d/d0/Lecture_notes_Feeding.pdf Feeding, feeding structures and feeding behavior]|| Chapter 1 (pgs. 13-15)||[122–130, 152-154], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtmLVP0HvDg Tool making in New Caledonian Crows!]<br />
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| 8 || Feb 15 ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/archive/3/38/20110314140416!Lecture_note_Digestion_and_Excretion.pdf Physiology: Digestion and Excretion; Water Balance] || Chapter 6 (pp. 164-179) || [175-187, 219-239]<br />
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| 9 || Feb 20 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/archive/e/e7/20110314141007!Lecture_notes_Resp%26Circ.pdf Physiology: Respiration and Circulation] || Chapter 6 (141-150) || [189-217]<br />
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| 10 || Feb 22 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/6/60/Lecture_notes_Sensory_Biology.pdf Sensory Biology and Intelligence] || Chapter 7 || [241-262] See [http://www.yourdailymedia.com/media/1157804897/Clever_Birds Evidence that birds are smarter than you!]<br />
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| 11 &12 || Feb 27 -29 ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/2/2a/Lecture_notes_Communication.pdf Communication: Visual] AND [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/4/47/Lecture_notes_Vocalizations.pdf Vocal] ||Pgs. 344-359 and Chapter 8 AND watch [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hq1DsB3ssqE&list=SL Communication in Birds Video]|| [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2Bsu4z9Y3k Manakins show off -- Michael Jackson rolls over!] <br />
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| 13 || Mar 5|| [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/c/cd/Lecture_notes_Annual_Cycle.pdf Annual Cycles] || Chapter 9 || <br />
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| || Mar 7 || '''Mid-term exam''' || Lectures through Annual Cycles; all associated readings || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/5/57/EEB_281_Sample_test.pdf Click here to view a Sample Test]<br />
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| ||March 12-16 ||'''SPRING BREAK''' || NO CLASS ||<br />
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| 14 || Mar 19|| [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/0/02/Lecture_Notes_Migration.pdf Migration] || Chapter 10 (pgs. 273-295) || <br />
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| 16 || Mar 26||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/5/5e/Lecture_notes_Social_Behavior.pdf Social Behavior] || Chapter 11 ||<br />
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| 17 || Mar 28||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/3/37/Lecture_notes_Breeding_Systems.pdf Reproduction: Mating Behavior] || Pg. 359 through Chapter 13 || <br />
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| 18 ||April 2 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/d/dd/Lecture_Notes_Reproductive_physiology.pdf Reproduction: Physiology] ||Chapter 14 || [219-239]<br />
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| 19 || Apr 4|| [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/a/af/Lecture_notes_Nests.pdf Reproduction: Nests and Nesting] || Chapter 15 || <br />
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|20 || Apr 9||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/6/6c/Lecture_Notes_Chick_Growth.pdf Reproduction: Growth and Development of Young] || Chapter 16 (pgs. 467-482) || <br />
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| 21 || Apr 11 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/9/9f/Parental_Care.pdf Reproduction: Parental Care] || Chapter 16 (pgs. 482-502) || <br />
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| 22 & 23 || Apr 16 -18 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/7/7a/Conservation.pdf Avian Conservation] || Chapter 21, pgs.558-569 || <br />
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| 24 || April 23 || Climate Change & Birds || Pgs. 269 - 271 || [http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/atlas/ US Forest Service Climate Change Bird (& Tree) Atlas] showing how bird distributions will change with changes in climate.<br />
The [http://www.ipcc.ch/ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's] web page.The [http://www.arborday.org/media/map_change.cfm Arbor Day Foundation's] maps showing changes in hardiness zones since 1990.[http://www.gfdl.noaa.gov/~kd/KDwebpages/NHice.html NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory's] sea ice projections. <br />
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| || May 4 || '''FINAL EXAM''' || ALL MATERIAL TO DATE || 10:30-12:30 am<br />
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== Course Guidelines and Grading Policies ==<br />
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'''Use of electronics''' in the classroom? In a word, no. Your phone should be OFF (not set to vibrate), your music should be off, your earphones should be in your backpack, and your laptop should be used ONLY for taking notes. All other uses (surfing the web, watching videos, email, IM, texting, whatever) are distracting, disruptive of the work we are doing in the classroom, and disrespectful of your classmates and the instructor. I will call you out publicly for the first offense; at the second offense you will be banned from using even a laptop in class; on the third offense I will ask you to leave. If you lack the self-restraint to stay on task in class, then take notes on paper. Recording lectures with any device is prohibited unless you ask for and receive permission from me in writing. <br />
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'''Entering or Leaving the classroom''' during a lecture is distracting and disruptive; do not do it unless absolutely necessary. If you know you will be late, or will have to leave early, come and go by the BACK door of the lecture hall, and sit in the nearest available seat to the door, whether you know the person sitting in the next seat or not. I will assume that, as adults, we are all capable of anticipating, and managing, the need to use the bathroom without leaving the classroom during a lecture. Assume that if you must leave the lecture hall, you may not come back. If you expect an emergency communication during class, speak to me about it before lecture begins. <br />
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'''Grading''' in this course is done on a straight percentage-of-points basis, i.e., to obtain an A, you need to earn 90% or more of the available points on tests, minute papers, and other assigned activities (e.g., Twitter). <font color= "#FF0000">The grades will '''not''' be "curved", and there will be '''no''' opportunities for "make-up" or "extra-credit" points.</font> If you miss a test or minute paper, you will receive a score of zero. If you have a legitimate reason (e.g., a death in the family) to miss a test or minute paper, you may be excused (at the discretion of the instructor) IF AND ONLY IF you provide written documentation (for example,an obituary documenting a death in your family). In cases where you have a legitimate excuse, there still will be no make-ups administered: you will be graded only on the basis of the points contained in the tests and minute papers you did complete. NOTE that this method reduces the number of points you can afford to lose and still do well in the course. <br />
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'''Attendance''' is not taken, and is not required; however, if you miss class you may miss in-class minute papers or quizzes(see below). As noted above, there are no opportunities for making-up missed minute papers. You may also miss information I give, discussions that arise over questions asked, examples given on the spur of the moment. You are responsible, on tests, for what is said in class, as well as the materials in the reading. If you miss class, '''you are responsible''' for using the lecture materials provided above, and for getting any additional notes from lecture from a classmate: ''I will not re-lecture to you, one-on-one, at a later appointment''. Arrive early to the next lecture, or stay a little late, and find out whether you missed a minute paper; do not ask me to meet with you outside of class to "tell you what you missed". <br />
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SICK? First, do your level best to let me know before you miss a class exercise/test. Second, if you are sick, believe me when I say that we don't want to see you in class! Please be responsible, and don't spread germs by coming to class with a fever, or hacking and coughing. For illnesses, I pro-rate your grade on the basis of the point-bearing exercises you didn't miss. If you are sick for the final YOU MUST INFORM [http://www.ossa.uconn.edu/ THE OFFICE OF STUDENT SERVICES & ADVOCACY] in order to be allowed to take a make-up after final exam week is over. '''The final exam is the only point-bearing exercise for which a make-up is possible.''' <br />
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These policies have been developed over years of teaching this and other courses, and are designed to ensure fair treatment of everyone by maximizing everyone's opportunity to learn, eliminating discrepancies in testing and evaluation, and by eliminating differences in the amount of study time available to students. I am very willing to discuss my reasoning for these policies, but if you try to talk me into making an exception to them for you, you will fail, and probably make me grumpy to boot.<br />
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== Tests/Minute Papers==<br />
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'''COURSE POINT TOTAL 285 POINTS''' <br />
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Test 1: 100 points, March 7 (Covers material from Lecture 1 through March 5th)<br />
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Final: 120 points, May 2 (100 points are dedicated to material after 2nd Test, 20 points are dedicated to material from the WHOLE COURSE)<br />
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[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/5/57/EEB_281_Sample_test.pdf Click here to view a Sample Test]<br />
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'''Tests, total points 220 points'''<br />
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Minute papers: are short (it takes a minute!), UNGRADED (if you write something relevant, you're good -- there are no "right" answers) responses to questions we will pose in class. They are worth 3 points each, and there will be 10 of them over the whole semester. Three points apiece may seem trivial, but it's worth remembering that, taken together, the minute papers are worth 10% of your grade, conceivably the difference between a B and an A. The questions on the minute papers are designed to provide us with feedback on your background preparation for certain material, to assess whether you understood what we just tried to teach you, and to prompt you to assess your own understanding of the material. Occasionally, instead of a minute paper, I may administer a GRADED, 3 point quiz. These will be used as practice for larger tests, to assess your knowledge and understanding, and to keep you engaged. If I see evidence that the work of the class is not being taken seriously, I will shift from ungraded minute papers to graded quizzes.<br />
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'''Minute papers/Quizzes, total points 30 Points'''<br />
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== Other Required Class Activities ==<br />
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Every student is expected to visit the [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/department/collections/index.html EEB Biological Collections] for a tour that will introduce you to the resources and opportunities in the collection. We will offer 4 different opportunities, on different days and times. You will need to sign in at the collection; at the end of the semester, everyone who has signed in, will have 5 points added to their grade. '''Tours will take about 45 minutes, they meet at the south end of the Biology/Physics building lobby on the hour'''. You are responsible for finding a day and time to attend from the options listed below; if your class schedule prohibits you from attending any of these, you are responsible for letting me know that you will need an alternate opportunity BEFORE THE LAST WEEK OF CLASS. If you have already toured the collections (e.g., in a previous class with me or another instructor), provide me with documentation to that effect, and I will just add the 5 points to your grade without you needing to tour the collections again. <br />
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'''Available tour days/times: <br />
February 2 @ 2pm; <br />
February 9 @ 9am;<br />
February 15 @ 12pm;<br />
March 6 @ 10am; <br />
March 19 @ 8am.'''<br />
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'''Biological Collections tour total points 5 points'''<br />
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'''Twitter''' is a social networking resource that allows users to communicate in short, frequent posts. Posts ("tweets") are limited to 140 characters. I expect you to go to [http://twitter.com Twitter], sign up (a matter of giving an email address and picking a password and username), and, over the course of the semester, post at least 10 times; '''5 of your posts must be up by 5 pm on March 2.''' Your posts should consist of any observation of birds you make that somehow relates to the content of the course. Each post should say: where you are; what you are seeing in the birdlife around you; and make the connection to the course content. For example: "Two sparrows are beating each other up outside the student union. Territoriality or dominance fight?" I must know your username in order to give you credit for Twitter post: use your first initial/last name, thus Matthew McHenry would have a user name of mmchenry. If you find your particular username is already taken, pick something logical. Once your account is in place, then use "Find People" on Twitter to locate me (type in "Margaret Rubega" or "ProfRubega")and then click on "Follow" to follow me. I will receive an autumated message informing me that you are following me, and will have a record of your user name. You MUST end every tweet with the string "#BirdClass"; that is how I will be tracking tweets, and any post without it will NOT count toward your credit. We will all be able to see every tweet generated by the class by searching on #birdclass. We will be keeping track of posting and points during the semester by tracking the posts themselves. The beauty of Twitter is that it can be posted to virtually at any time, anywhere --- it's possible to post using many types of cell phones. However, '''anyone with an internet connection can post from a computer, and you should be mindful (as you are responsible for) of any texting charges that posting from your phone may incur.''' <br />
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'''Twitter posting total points 30 points'''<br />
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== Academic Rules/Conduct ==<br />
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All students should be aware of the guidelines on academic integrity contained in the Student Conduct Code. Click here to see the [http://www.dos.uconn.edu/student_code.html Conduct Code].<br />
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== Course Guidelines Form ==<br />
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After you have read ALL of the above, print out and sign the [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/0/06/EEB_4260_Course_Guidelines_Form.pdf Course Guidelines Form]. Hand it in to Dr. Rubega no later than the end of the last lecture of the 2nd week of classes.<br />
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== Questions ==<br />
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If you have questions, by all means collar me or email me and ask. I will post both the ''questions'' (questioners will be anonymous) and answers here.<br />
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== Bird News ==<br />
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A [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Ornithology_in_the_news link] to a page set up and maintained by Dr. Elphick.<br />
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== Useful and Amusing Links ==<br />
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[http://www.huyckpreserve.org/research/odum_intern.htm '''Field Ecology Internships''']<br />
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[http://www.ourearth.org/students/OurEarth_Flyer.pdf '''Summer Environmental Internships''']<br />
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[http://www.beardsleyzoo.org/get-involved/summer-intern.asp'''CT Beardsley Zoo Summer Internships''']<br />
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[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/microraptor/program.html Wicked Nova Series on Four-winged Dinosaurs!] Watch it here. <br />
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[http://www.osnabirds.org/on/ornjobs.htm Jobs in Ornithology], the job board for the Ornithological Societies of North America. THE central clearing house for field research internships and jobs. <br />
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[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Ornithology_Collections:_Specimen_Donation_and_Tracking UConn Ornithology Collections Donation Page] -- where to go if you find a dead bird!<br />
'''<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/department/collections/index.html University of Connecticut Biological Collections], including the Bird Collection.<br />
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[http://www.lab.fws.gov/featheratlas/ Feather Identification Resource Online!] The Feather Atlas of North American Birds provided high-resolution scans of flight feathers of the major groups of birds; useful for comparison with found feathers whose origin you aren't sure of. <br />
<br />
[http://www.ups.edu/x5662.xml Images of Bird Wings Online.] The Slater Museum, at the University of Puget Sound, provides high-resolution images of their entire collection of spread (open) bird wings. Useful for studying flight style as a function of wing morphology.<br />
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[[Category:EEB Courses]]</div>Christopher Fieldhttp://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=Ornithology_Lecture&diff=21291Ornithology Lecture2012-02-29T14:26:54Z<p>Christopher Field: </p>
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== Basic Course Information == <br />
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'''Spring 2012''' <br />
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'''Meets:''' Monday & Wednesdays, 11:00 - 11:50, BPB 130 <br />
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'''Instructor:''' Dr. Margaret Rubega '''Office:''' PharmBio 500<br />
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'''Office Phone:''' 486-4502 '''Office Hours:''' Weds, 10-11 am, and by appointment<br />
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'''Email: margaret.rubega@uconn.edu''' <br />
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'''Twitter name:''' profrubega<br />
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'''TA:''' Chris Field '''Office:''' PharmBio 310A<br />
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'''Office Phone:'''' 486-3005 '''Office Hours:''' Weds, 12-2 pm, and by appointment<br />
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'''Email: christopher.field@huskymail.uconn.edu'''<br />
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'''Twitter name:''' cfieldnotes<br />
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<font color= "#FF0000">Your emails to me '''MUST contain the phrase "EEB 4260” in the subject line;''' email received without that phrase, and especially those with a blank subject line, will be DELETED without being read.</font><br />
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== Text ==<br />
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ORNITHOLOGY, 3rd Edition (Freeman) by Frank B. Gill<br />
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See also online materials at: http://www.whfreeman.com/gill3e<br />
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== Optional supplemental texts ==<br />
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MANUAL OF ORNITHOLOGY (Yale Univ.), by N.S. Proctor and P.J. Lynch<br />
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BIRDS OF STORRS (Natchaug Ornithological Society) by G.A. Clark, Jr.<br />
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SIBLEY GUIDE TO BIRD LIFE AND BEHAVIOR (Knopf), ed. by C. Elphick, J.B. Dunning and D.A. Sibley.<br />
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== Class Schedule ==<br />
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{| border="1" cellpadding="2"<br />
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!width="75"|Date<br />
!width="300"|Subject (click for lecture notes) <br />
!width="300"|Required Reading in Gill (unless otherwise stated)<br />
!width="300"|Optional reading [in brackets]from Proctor & Lynch (unless otherwise stated) , and other resources <br />
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| || Jan 18 ||Course Introduction || READ COURSE GUIDELINES; sign and turn in [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/0/06/EEB_4260_Course_Guidelines_Form.pdf form]. ALSO: Pgs. xxi- xxvi and Chapter 1 in Gill || [1–6]<br />
Evidence that [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zuDXzVYZ68 multitasking makes you less capable]; see also [http://chronicle.com/article/Scholars-Turn-Their-Attention/63746 this article] for a more thorough description of the problem.<br />
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| 1 || Jan 23 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/d/dc/EEB_4260_Lecture_notes_Course_Intro_%26_Why_study_birds.pdf What are birds and why would we study them?] ''Course Guidelines Form Due.''|| Pgs. xxi- xxvi and Chapter 1 in Gill || [1–6]<br />
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| 2 || Jan 25 ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/c/c4/Lecturenotes02%28Birds_of_the_World%29.pdf Birds of the World]. ||Chapter 1 & online at: [http://www.whfreeman.com/gill3e www.whfreeman.com/gill3e] || <br />
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| 3 || Jan 30 ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/2/2f/Lecture_notes_Avian_evolution.pdf Avian evolution] || Chapter 2 ||[13 – 21] || <br />
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| 4 || Feb 1 ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/3/3d/Lecture_notes_Feathers.pdf Feathers] || Chapter 4 || [81–115] Also: [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100204144422.htm Dinosaur feather colors revealed!]||<br />
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| 5 || Feb 6 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/7/75/EEB_281_-_Lecture_06_Flight_.pdf Flight] || Chapter 5 || [117,136–139, 148–151, 156–163] [http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/sci;299/5605/329 Article and videos of wing-assisted incline-running!] ||<br />
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| 6 || Feb 8 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/5/55/Lecture_notes_Endothermy_and_thermoregulation.pdf Physiology: Endothermy and Thermoregulation] || Chapter 6 (pgs. 150-164) || <br />
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| 7 || Feb 13 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/d/d0/Lecture_notes_Feeding.pdf Feeding, feeding structures and feeding behavior]|| Chapter 1 (pgs. 13-15)||[122–130, 152-154], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtmLVP0HvDg Tool making in New Caledonian Crows!]<br />
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| 8 || Feb 15 ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/archive/3/38/20110314140416!Lecture_note_Digestion_and_Excretion.pdf Physiology: Digestion and Excretion; Water Balance] || Chapter 6 (pp. 164-179) || [175-187, 219-239]<br />
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| 9 || Feb 20 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/archive/e/e7/20110314141007!Lecture_notes_Resp%26Circ.pdf Physiology: Respiration and Circulation] || Chapter 6 (141-150) || [189-217]<br />
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| 10 || Feb 22 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/6/60/Lecture_notes_Sensory_Biology.pdf Sensory Biology and Intelligence] || Chapter 7 || [241-262] See [http://www.yourdailymedia.com/media/1157804897/Clever_Birds Evidence that birds are smarter than you!]<br />
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| 11 &12 || Feb 27 -29 ||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/2/2a/Lecture_notes_Communication.pdf Communication: Visual] AND [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/4/47/Lecture_notes_Vocalizations.pdf Vocal] ||Pgs. 344-359 and Chapter 8 AND watch [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hq1DsB3ssqE&list=SL Communication in Birds Video]|| [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2Bsu4z9Y3k Manakins show off -- Michael Jackson rolls over!] <br />
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| 13 || Mar 5|| [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/c/cd/Lecture_notes_Annual_Cycle.pdf Annual Cycles] || Chapter 9 || <br />
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| || Mar 7 || '''Mid-term exam''' || Lectures through Communication: Visual; all associated readings || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/5/57/EEB_281_Sample_test.pdf Click here to view a Sample Test]<br />
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| ||March 12-16 ||'''SPRING BREAK''' || NO CLASS ||<br />
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| 14 || Mar 19|| [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/0/02/Lecture_Notes_Migration.pdf Migration] || Chapter 10 (pgs. 273-295) || <br />
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| 16 || Mar 26||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/5/5e/Lecture_notes_Social_Behavior.pdf Social Behavior] || Chapter 11 ||<br />
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| 17 || Mar 28||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/3/37/Lecture_notes_Breeding_Systems.pdf Reproduction: Mating Behavior] || Pg. 359 through Chapter 13 || <br />
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| 18 ||April 2 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/d/dd/Lecture_Notes_Reproductive_physiology.pdf Reproduction: Physiology] ||Chapter 14 || [219-239]<br />
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| 19 || Apr 4|| [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/a/af/Lecture_notes_Nests.pdf Reproduction: Nests and Nesting] || Chapter 15 || <br />
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|20 || Apr 9||[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/6/6c/Lecture_Notes_Chick_Growth.pdf Reproduction: Growth and Development of Young] || Chapter 16 (pgs. 467-482) || <br />
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| 21 || Apr 11 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/9/9f/Parental_Care.pdf Reproduction: Parental Care] || Chapter 16 (pgs. 482-502) || <br />
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| 22 & 23 || Apr 16 -18 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/7/7a/Conservation.pdf Avian Conservation] || Chapter 21, pgs.558-569 || <br />
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| 24 || April 23 || Climate Change & Birds || Pgs. 269 - 271 || [http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/atlas/ US Forest Service Climate Change Bird (& Tree) Atlas] showing how bird distributions will change with changes in climate.<br />
The [http://www.ipcc.ch/ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's] web page.The [http://www.arborday.org/media/map_change.cfm Arbor Day Foundation's] maps showing changes in hardiness zones since 1990.[http://www.gfdl.noaa.gov/~kd/KDwebpages/NHice.html NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory's] sea ice projections. <br />
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| || May 4 || '''FINAL EXAM''' || ALL MATERIAL TO DATE || 10:30-12:30 am<br />
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== Course Guidelines and Grading Policies ==<br />
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'''Use of electronics''' in the classroom? In a word, no. Your phone should be OFF (not set to vibrate), your music should be off, your earphones should be in your backpack, and your laptop should be used ONLY for taking notes. All other uses (surfing the web, watching videos, email, IM, texting, whatever) are distracting, disruptive of the work we are doing in the classroom, and disrespectful of your classmates and the instructor. I will call you out publicly for the first offense; at the second offense you will be banned from using even a laptop in class; on the third offense I will ask you to leave. If you lack the self-restraint to stay on task in class, then take notes on paper. Recording lectures with any device is prohibited unless you ask for and receive permission from me in writing. <br />
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'''Entering or Leaving the classroom''' during a lecture is distracting and disruptive; do not do it unless absolutely necessary. If you know you will be late, or will have to leave early, come and go by the BACK door of the lecture hall, and sit in the nearest available seat to the door, whether you know the person sitting in the next seat or not. I will assume that, as adults, we are all capable of anticipating, and managing, the need to use the bathroom without leaving the classroom during a lecture. Assume that if you must leave the lecture hall, you may not come back. If you expect an emergency communication during class, speak to me about it before lecture begins. <br />
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'''Grading''' in this course is done on a straight percentage-of-points basis, i.e., to obtain an A, you need to earn 90% or more of the available points on tests, minute papers, and other assigned activities (e.g., Twitter). <font color= "#FF0000">The grades will '''not''' be "curved", and there will be '''no''' opportunities for "make-up" or "extra-credit" points.</font> If you miss a test or minute paper, you will receive a score of zero. If you have a legitimate reason (e.g., a death in the family) to miss a test or minute paper, you may be excused (at the discretion of the instructor) IF AND ONLY IF you provide written documentation (for example,an obituary documenting a death in your family). In cases where you have a legitimate excuse, there still will be no make-ups administered: you will be graded only on the basis of the points contained in the tests and minute papers you did complete. NOTE that this method reduces the number of points you can afford to lose and still do well in the course. <br />
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'''Attendance''' is not taken, and is not required; however, if you miss class you may miss in-class minute papers or quizzes(see below). As noted above, there are no opportunities for making-up missed minute papers. You may also miss information I give, discussions that arise over questions asked, examples given on the spur of the moment. You are responsible, on tests, for what is said in class, as well as the materials in the reading. If you miss class, '''you are responsible''' for using the lecture materials provided above, and for getting any additional notes from lecture from a classmate: ''I will not re-lecture to you, one-on-one, at a later appointment''. Arrive early to the next lecture, or stay a little late, and find out whether you missed a minute paper; do not ask me to meet with you outside of class to "tell you what you missed". <br />
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SICK? First, do your level best to let me know before you miss a class exercise/test. Second, if you are sick, believe me when I say that we don't want to see you in class! Please be responsible, and don't spread germs by coming to class with a fever, or hacking and coughing. For illnesses, I pro-rate your grade on the basis of the point-bearing exercises you didn't miss. If you are sick for the final YOU MUST INFORM [http://www.ossa.uconn.edu/ THE OFFICE OF STUDENT SERVICES & ADVOCACY] in order to be allowed to take a make-up after final exam week is over. '''The final exam is the only point-bearing exercise for which a make-up is possible.''' <br />
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These policies have been developed over years of teaching this and other courses, and are designed to ensure fair treatment of everyone by maximizing everyone's opportunity to learn, eliminating discrepancies in testing and evaluation, and by eliminating differences in the amount of study time available to students. I am very willing to discuss my reasoning for these policies, but if you try to talk me into making an exception to them for you, you will fail, and probably make me grumpy to boot.<br />
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== Tests/Minute Papers==<br />
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'''COURSE POINT TOTAL 285 POINTS''' <br />
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Test 1: 100 points, March 7 (Covers material from Lecture 1 through March 5th)<br />
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Final: 120 points, May 2 (100 points are dedicated to material after 2nd Test, 20 points are dedicated to material from the WHOLE COURSE)<br />
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[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/5/57/EEB_281_Sample_test.pdf Click here to view a Sample Test]<br />
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'''Tests, total points 220 points'''<br />
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Minute papers: are short (it takes a minute!), UNGRADED (if you write something relevant, you're good -- there are no "right" answers) responses to questions we will pose in class. They are worth 3 points each, and there will be 10 of them over the whole semester. Three points apiece may seem trivial, but it's worth remembering that, taken together, the minute papers are worth 10% of your grade, conceivably the difference between a B and an A. The questions on the minute papers are designed to provide us with feedback on your background preparation for certain material, to assess whether you understood what we just tried to teach you, and to prompt you to assess your own understanding of the material. Occasionally, instead of a minute paper, I may administer a GRADED, 3 point quiz. These will be used as practice for larger tests, to assess your knowledge and understanding, and to keep you engaged. If I see evidence that the work of the class is not being taken seriously, I will shift from ungraded minute papers to graded quizzes.<br />
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'''Minute papers/Quizzes, total points 30 Points'''<br />
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== Other Required Class Activities ==<br />
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Every student is expected to visit the [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/department/collections/index.html EEB Biological Collections] for a tour that will introduce you to the resources and opportunities in the collection. We will offer 4 different opportunities, on different days and times. You will need to sign in at the collection; at the end of the semester, everyone who has signed in, will have 5 points added to their grade. '''Tours will take about 45 minutes, they meet at the south end of the Biology/Physics building lobby on the hour'''. You are responsible for finding a day and time to attend from the options listed below; if your class schedule prohibits you from attending any of these, you are responsible for letting me know that you will need an alternate opportunity BEFORE THE LAST WEEK OF CLASS. If you have already toured the collections (e.g., in a previous class with me or another instructor), provide me with documentation to that effect, and I will just add the 5 points to your grade without you needing to tour the collections again. <br />
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'''Available tour days/times: <br />
February 2 @ 2pm; <br />
February 9 @ 9am;<br />
February 15 @ 12pm;<br />
March 6 @ 10am; <br />
March 19 @ 8am.'''<br />
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'''Biological Collections tour total points 5 points'''<br />
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'''Twitter''' is a social networking resource that allows users to communicate in short, frequent posts. Posts ("tweets") are limited to 140 characters. I expect you to go to [http://twitter.com Twitter], sign up (a matter of giving an email address and picking a password and username), and, over the course of the semester, post at least 10 times; '''5 of your posts must be up by 5 pm on March 2.''' Your posts should consist of any observation of birds you make that somehow relates to the content of the course. Each post should say: where you are; what you are seeing in the birdlife around you; and make the connection to the course content. For example: "Two sparrows are beating each other up outside the student union. Territoriality or dominance fight?" I must know your username in order to give you credit for Twitter post: use your first initial/last name, thus Matthew McHenry would have a user name of mmchenry. If you find your particular username is already taken, pick something logical. Once your account is in place, then use "Find People" on Twitter to locate me (type in "Margaret Rubega" or "ProfRubega")and then click on "Follow" to follow me. I will receive an autumated message informing me that you are following me, and will have a record of your user name. You MUST end every tweet with the string "#BirdClass"; that is how I will be tracking tweets, and any post without it will NOT count toward your credit. We will all be able to see every tweet generated by the class by searching on #birdclass. We will be keeping track of posting and points during the semester by tracking the posts themselves. The beauty of Twitter is that it can be posted to virtually at any time, anywhere --- it's possible to post using many types of cell phones. However, '''anyone with an internet connection can post from a computer, and you should be mindful (as you are responsible for) of any texting charges that posting from your phone may incur.''' <br />
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'''Twitter posting total points 30 points'''<br />
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== Academic Rules/Conduct ==<br />
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All students should be aware of the guidelines on academic integrity contained in the Student Conduct Code. Click here to see the [http://www.dos.uconn.edu/student_code.html Conduct Code].<br />
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== Course Guidelines Form ==<br />
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After you have read ALL of the above, print out and sign the [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/0/06/EEB_4260_Course_Guidelines_Form.pdf Course Guidelines Form]. Hand it in to Dr. Rubega no later than the end of the last lecture of the 2nd week of classes.<br />
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== Questions ==<br />
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If you have questions, by all means collar me or email me and ask. I will post both the ''questions'' (questioners will be anonymous) and answers here.<br />
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== Bird News ==<br />
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A [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Ornithology_in_the_news link] to a page set up and maintained by Dr. Elphick.<br />
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== Useful and Amusing Links ==<br />
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[http://www.huyckpreserve.org/research/odum_intern.htm '''Field Ecology Internships''']<br />
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[http://www.ourearth.org/students/OurEarth_Flyer.pdf '''Summer Environmental Internships''']<br />
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[http://www.beardsleyzoo.org/get-involved/summer-intern.asp'''CT Beardsley Zoo Summer Internships''']<br />
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[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/microraptor/program.html Wicked Nova Series on Four-winged Dinosaurs!] Watch it here. <br />
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[http://www.osnabirds.org/on/ornjobs.htm Jobs in Ornithology], the job board for the Ornithological Societies of North America. THE central clearing house for field research internships and jobs. <br />
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[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Ornithology_Collections:_Specimen_Donation_and_Tracking UConn Ornithology Collections Donation Page] -- where to go if you find a dead bird!<br />
'''<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/department/collections/index.html University of Connecticut Biological Collections], including the Bird Collection.<br />
<br />
[http://www.lab.fws.gov/featheratlas/ Feather Identification Resource Online!] The Feather Atlas of North American Birds provided high-resolution scans of flight feathers of the major groups of birds; useful for comparison with found feathers whose origin you aren't sure of. <br />
<br />
[http://www.ups.edu/x5662.xml Images of Bird Wings Online.] The Slater Museum, at the University of Puget Sound, provides high-resolution images of their entire collection of spread (open) bird wings. Useful for studying flight style as a function of wing morphology.<br />
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[[Category:EEB Courses]]</div>Christopher Fieldhttp://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=Ornithology_Laboratory&diff=21235Ornithology Laboratory2012-02-27T12:31:59Z<p>Christopher Field: </p>
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''Western Sandpiper; drawing copyright Bridget Keimel''<br />
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== Basic Course Information == <br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large">EEB 4261</span><br><br />
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'''Spring 2012''' <br />
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'''Meets:''' Fridays, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m, TLS 371<br />
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'''Instructor:''' '''[mailto:margaret.rubega@uconn.edu Dr. Margaret Rubega]'''<br> <br />
'''Office:''' PharmBio 500 '''Phone:''' 486-4502<br> <br />
'''Office Hours:''' By appointment<br><br />
<br />
<font color= "#FF0000">Your emails to me '''MUST contain the phrase "EEB 4261” in the subject line;''' email received without that phrase, and especially those with a blank subject line, will be DELETED, unread.</font><br />
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'''Teaching Assistant:''' '''[mailto:christopher.field@uconn.edu Chris Field]'''<br><br />
'''Office:''' PharmBio 310 '''Phone:''' 486-3005 <br> <br />
'''Office Hours:''' Wed. 12-2, or by appointment<br><br />
<br />
== Required Texts ==<br />
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MANUAL OF ORNITHOLOGY (Yale Univ.), by N.S. Proctor and P.J. Lynch<br />
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BIRDS OF STORRS (Natchaug Ornithological Society) by G.A. Clark, Jr.<br />
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SIBLEY GUIDE TO BIRDS (Knopf), by D.A. Sibley.(Eastern or North American Edition)<br />
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== Class Schedule ==<br />
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(<font color= "#FF0000">very</font> subject to change; check back before every lab)<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2"<br />
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| Jan 20 ||P & L p. 274-281,286-287; Sibley p. 9-14; Clark p. 1-19 || Tools of the trade: Optics, Field Guides, Field Notes and Journals || Come dressed and ready to bird; meet in TLS 371<br />
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| Jan 27 || P & L p. 22-37, 47-65, 263-265; Sibley p. 15-21; Clark p. 21-40/ P & L p. 66-77 || North American bird Orders; Topography and Field Marks; Feet, Beaks and Body Form; Opportunities in Ornithology || Bring P & L to class; meet in TLS 371<br />
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| Feb 3 || Handouts || Tour of Mansfield birding spots ||<br />
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| Feb 10 || Handouts|| Specimen preparation demonstration|| Come dressed to bird<br />
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| Feb 17 || P & L p. 81-105 || Feathers & Aerodynamics || <br />
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| Feb 24 || P & L Chapters 6 & 7, 205-209, 219-226|| Anatomy: musculature and internal organs || NO BIRDING - we will need the whole class period for dissections. '''Bring your Proctor and Lynch to class!'''<br />
|-<br />
| March 2|| P & L Chap. 5 || Anatomy - Skeletons || Check for weather, and come dressed to bird <br />
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| March 9 || || '''MIDTERM EXAM'''; ''birding after''|| <br />
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| March 16 || ||NO CLASS - SPRING BREAK - GO BIRDING! || <br />
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| March 23 ||Handouts ||Field Techniques: Survey methods || <br />
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| March 30|| Proctor & Lynch p. 266-273 || Weather and Bird Movements: Go Outside to EXPERIENCE both! || [http://woodcreeper.com Monitor bird movements with Dave LaPuma!] [http://virtual.clemson.edu/groups/birdrad/ Clemson University Radar Ornithology Lab] [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/5/5d/Weather_lab.pdf Birds and Weather worksheet]<br />
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| April 6 || || Bird, Bird, Bird – outside all four hours || <br />
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| April 13 || Handouts || Field Techniques: Behavioral observations || <br />
|- <br />
| April 20|| || Bird, Bird, Bird – outside all four hours|| <br />
|- <br />
| April 27|| || Bird, Bird, Bird - outside all four hours||<br />
|- <br />
| April 30 ||'''8:00 – 10:00 am'''|| '''FINAL EXAM in TLS 371'''||<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Grading ==<br />
<br />
Grading in this course is done on a straight percentage-of-points basis, i.e., to obtain an A, you need to earn 90% or more of the available points. <font color= "#FF0000">The grades will '''not''' be "curved", and there will be '''no''' opportunities for "make-up" or "extra-credit" points.</font> Attendance on the field trips is '''required'''. If you miss a field trip, you lose 5 points. If you miss a test, you will receive a score of zero. If you have a legitimate reason (for example, a death in your family) to miss a field trip or test, you may be excused (at the discretion of the instructors) IF AND ONLY IF you provide written documentation (for example, an obituary documenting a death in your family) within one week of missing the class or test. In cases where the instructors determine you have a legitimate excuse, there still will be no make-ups administered: you will be graded only on the basis of the points contained in the field trips and tests you did complete. NOTE that this method reduces the number of points you can afford to lose and still do well in the course. <br />
<br />
SICK? First, do your level best to let us know before the field trip/class exercise/test. Second, if you are sick, believe us when we say that we don't want to see you in lab --- please be responsible, and don't spread germs by coming to class with a fever, or hacking and coughing. For illnesses, we pro-rate your grade on the basis of the point-bearing exercises you didn't miss. If you are sick for the final YOU MUST INFORM THE OFFICE OF STUDENT SERVICES in order to be allowed to take a make-up after final exam week is over. '''The final exam is the only point-bearing exercise for which a make-up is possible.''' <br />
<br />
These policies have been developed over years of teaching this and other courses, and are designed to ensure fair treatment of everyone by eliminating discrepancies in testing and evaluation, and by eliminating differences in the amount of field and study time available to students. I am very willing to discuss my reasoning for these policies, but if you try to talk me into making an exception to them for you, you will fail, and probably make me grumpy to boot.<br />
<br />
== Point Structure for Grading ==<br />
<br />
'''COURSE POINT TOTAL 300 POINTS''' <br />
<br />
'''Test 1:''' 60 points, March 9 <br />
<br />
'''Final:''' 60 points, April 30<br />
<br />
'''Field Notebook:''' 30 points<br />
<br />
'''Worksheets/Quizzes''' 50 points (5 at 10 points each)<br />
<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/f/f6/Independent_observation_guidelines.pdf '''Independent Field Observations:'''] 35 points<br />
<br />
SEE: [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/c/c5/Ebird_Setup_Document.pdf Ebird Set-up Document] and [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/7/7f/POINT_COUNT_PROTOCOL.pdf Point Count Protocol] and [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/6/62/Point_Count_Datasheet.pdf Point Count Datasheet] and<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/3/38/Point_count_example.pdf Point Count Example]. <br />
<br />
Independent Field Observation Locations: [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/4/40/Heep_Site_Map.pdf Map of Hillside Environmental Education Project]or [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=208276875179231289772.0004b684a244c6b18ade9&msa=0 View the locations on Google Earth/Maps]<br />
<br />
'''Field Trips:''' 45 points (Field trips are required: you ''lose'' 5 points for every missed trip. Note that field trips are VERY subject to change, depending on birds, weather, circumstances, and whim. Don't assume you know what you are going to miss!)<br />
<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/department/collections/index.html '''Collections'''] '''Work:''' 20 points (4 hours at 5 points per hour).<br />
<br />
You are also expected to keep a [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/f/fe/Field_Notebook_Guidelines.pdf '''Field Notebook.'''] Notebooks will be collected for grading, at random, throughout the course of the semester. You will earn up to a maximum of 30 points for your notebooks (no more than 10 points per grading event); '''you may not begin work on your independent observations until you have earned at least 20 points on your notebook'''.<br />
<br />
== Academic Rules/Conduct ==<br />
<br />
All students should be aware of the guidelines on academic integrity contained in the Student Conduct Code. The Conduct Code is available at http://www.dosa.uconn.edu/student_conduct.html.<br />
<br />
== Questions ==<br />
<br />
''If you have questions, by all means collar me or email me and ask. I will post both the questions (questioners will be anonymous) and answers here. <br />
''<br />
== Useful and Amusing Links ==<br />
<br />
===Online field guides===<br />
<br />
[http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/ Bird songs online!]<br />
<br />
[http://www.lab.fws.gov/featheratlas/ Feather Identification Resource Online!] The Feather Atlas of North American Birds provided high-resolution scans of flight feathers of the major groups of birds; useful for comparison with found feathers whose origin you aren't sure of. <br />
<br />
===Field guide apps===<br />
<br />
[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/22/technology/personaltech/22smart.html An article from the NY Times on smart phone apps for birding]<br />
<br />
[http://ibird.com/compare.aspx A feature comparison of various bird guide apps, inlcuding Sibley, Peterson, NatGeo, and iBird]<br />
<br />
[http://blog.aba.org/2011/10/digital-bird-song-identification-a-reality.html#comments A forthcoming app for automatically IDing bird song in the field]<br />
<br />
===Apps for finding birds===<br />
[http://www.getbirdseye.com/ Cornell's BirdsEye app (for finding recent sightings using the eBird database)]<br />
<br />
[http://ictbirds.wordpress.com/ iCTBirds: an app for finding birds in CT using the Connecticut Ornithological Association's CTBirds listserv]<br />
<br />
[http://www.ctbirdtrends.org/storrssightings.html A webpage that shows recent sightings from birding hotspots around Storrs (for free!), using the eBird database]<br />
<br />
===Bird blogs===<br />
<br />
[http://www.sibleyguides.com/ David Sibley's Blog], wherein the field guide guy riffs mostly on the finer and philosophical points of bird identification, and reports his experiments in window treatments to prevent bird strikes. <br />
<br />
[http://www.surfbirds.com/community-blogs/mbalame/2008/03/13/when-bad-photos-happen-to-good-birds/ North Coast (Oregon) Diaries] Comments on photo documentation versus detailed notes. See also the March 2, 2008 post on Ugly Gulls (browse Main calendar).<br />
<br />
===Jobs in Ornithology===<br />
<br />
[http://www.osnabirds.org/on/ornjobs.htm Jobs in Ornithology], the job board for the Ornithological Societies of North America. THE central clearing house for field research internships and jobs. <br />
<br />
[http://listserv.umd.edu/archives/ecolog-l.html ECOLOG-L listserve postings] Job postings, other miscellaneous information and discussions about field ecology.<br />
<br />
[http://beardsleyzoo.org/volunteer-gi1 CT Beardsley Zoo Summer Internships]<br />
<br />
== Collections Work Hours Sign Up ==<br />
<br />
'''Vertebrate Collections Manager:''' Sue Hochgraf susan.hochgraf@uconn.edu 860-486-8945<br />
<br />
To sign-up, let Dr. Rubega or Chris know which date/hours you would like to work; refer here to see hours already taken. No more than 2 students in an hour block simultaneously, unless Sue Hochgraf approves it.<br />
<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2"<br />
!width="85"|Date<br />
!width="85"|9 am<br />
!width="85"|10 am <br />
!width="85"|11 am <br />
!width="85"|12 pm <br />
(can only be worked consecutively after an 11 am block)<br />
!width="85"|1 pm<br />
!width="85"|2 pm<br />
!width="85"|3 pm<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 2 || || ||Jeff C || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 9|| || || Jeff C || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 16|| Jordan R|| Jordan R|| Jeff C || || Steph M || Erin C|| || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 23|| Jordan R || Jordan R ||Jeff C & Molly Z || Molly Z || Steph M ||Melissa K + Erin C || not available ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 1|| || not available || Molly Z || Molly Z || Steph M || Emily || Emily ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 8|| || ||Zack M || Zack M|| || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 15|| Spring||Break ||No ||Collections ||Work ||GO || BIRDING! ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 22|| || ||Zack M ||Zack M || || Melissa K + Erin C|| ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 29|| || || || || || Melissa K + Erin C || ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 5|| |||| || || Jenna K ||Jenna K + Emily|| Emily ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 12|| || || || ||Jenna K ||Jenna K + Emily || Emily ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 19|| || || || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 26|| || || |||| || || ||<br />
|-<br />
|-} <br />
<br />
<br />
[[Category:EEB Courses]]</div>Christopher Fieldhttp://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=Ornithology_Laboratory&diff=21111Ornithology Laboratory2012-02-23T12:49:11Z<p>Christopher Field: </p>
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[[Image:Wesahead.JPG|thumb|left]]<br />
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<br />
''Western Sandpiper; drawing copyright Bridget Keimel''<br />
<br />
== Basic Course Information == <br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large">EEB 4261</span><br><br />
<br />
'''Spring 2012''' <br />
<br />
'''Meets:''' Fridays, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m, TLS 371<br />
<br />
'''Instructor:''' '''[mailto:margaret.rubega@uconn.edu Dr. Margaret Rubega]'''<br> <br />
'''Office:''' PharmBio 500 '''Phone:''' 486-4502<br> <br />
'''Office Hours:''' By appointment<br><br />
<br />
<font color= "#FF0000">Your emails to me '''MUST contain the phrase "EEB 4261” in the subject line;''' email received without that phrase, and especially those with a blank subject line, will be DELETED, unread.</font><br />
<br />
'''Teaching Assistant:''' '''[mailto:christopher.field@uconn.edu Chris Field]'''<br><br />
'''Office:''' PharmBio 310 '''Phone:''' 486-3005 <br> <br />
'''Office Hours:''' Wed. 12-2, or by appointment<br><br />
<br />
== Required Texts ==<br />
<br />
MANUAL OF ORNITHOLOGY (Yale Univ.), by N.S. Proctor and P.J. Lynch<br />
<br />
BIRDS OF STORRS (Natchaug Ornithological Society) by G.A. Clark, Jr.<br />
<br />
SIBLEY GUIDE TO BIRDS (Knopf), by D.A. Sibley.(Eastern or North American Edition)<br />
<br />
== Class Schedule ==<br />
<br />
(<font color= "#FF0000">very</font> subject to change; check back before every lab)<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2"<br />
!width="75"|Date<br />
!width="350"|Required Reading<br />
!width="350"|Subject <br />
!width="300"|Meeting notes, and other resources <br />
|- <br />
| Jan 20 ||P & L p. 274-281,286-287; Sibley p. 9-14; Clark p. 1-19 || Tools of the trade: Optics, Field Guides, Field Notes and Journals || Come dressed and ready to bird; meet in TLS 371<br />
|- <br />
| Jan 27 || P & L p. 22-37, 47-65, 263-265; Sibley p. 15-21; Clark p. 21-40/ P & L p. 66-77 || North American bird Orders; Topography and Field Marks; Feet, Beaks and Body Form; Opportunities in Ornithology || Bring P & L to class; meet in TLS 371<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 3 || Handouts || Tour of Mansfield birding spots ||<br />
|-<br />
| Feb 10 || Handouts|| Specimen preparation demonstration|| Come dressed to bird<br />
|-<br />
| Feb 17 || P & L p. 81-105 || Feathers & Aerodynamics || <br />
|- <br />
| Feb 24 || P & L Chapters 6 & 7, 205-209, 219-226|| Anatomy: musculature and internal organs || NO BIRDING - we will need the whole class period for dissections. '''Bring your Proctor and Lynch to class!'''<br />
|-<br />
| March 2|| P & L Chap. 5 || Anatomy - Skeletons || Check for weather, and come dressed to bird <br />
|- <br />
| March 9 || || '''MIDTERM EXAM'''; ''birding after''|| <br />
|- <br />
| March 16 || ||NO CLASS - SPRING BREAK - GO BIRDING! || <br />
|- <br />
| March 23 ||Handouts ||Field Techniques: Survey methods || <br />
|- <br />
| March 30|| Proctor & Lynch p. 266-273 || Weather and Bird Movements: Go Outside to EXPERIENCE both! || [http://woodcreeper.com Monitor bird movements with Dave LaPuma!] [http://virtual.clemson.edu/groups/birdrad/ Clemson University Radar Ornithology Lab] [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/5/5d/Weather_lab.pdf Birds and Weather worksheet]<br />
|- <br />
| April 6 || || Bird, Bird, Bird – outside all four hours || <br />
|- <br />
| April 13 || Handouts || Field Techniques: Behavioral observations || <br />
|- <br />
| April 20|| || Bird, Bird, Bird – outside all four hours|| <br />
|- <br />
| April 27|| || Bird, Bird, Bird - outside all four hours||<br />
|- <br />
| April 30 ||'''8:00 – 10:00 am'''|| '''FINAL EXAM in TLS 371'''||<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Grading ==<br />
<br />
Grading in this course is done on a straight percentage-of-points basis, i.e., to obtain an A, you need to earn 90% or more of the available points. <font color= "#FF0000">The grades will '''not''' be "curved", and there will be '''no''' opportunities for "make-up" or "extra-credit" points.</font> Attendance on the field trips is '''required'''. If you miss a field trip, you lose 5 points. If you miss a test, you will receive a score of zero. If you have a legitimate reason (for example, a death in your family) to miss a field trip or test, you may be excused (at the discretion of the instructors) IF AND ONLY IF you provide written documentation (for example, an obituary documenting a death in your family) within one week of missing the class or test. In cases where the instructors determine you have a legitimate excuse, there still will be no make-ups administered: you will be graded only on the basis of the points contained in the field trips and tests you did complete. NOTE that this method reduces the number of points you can afford to lose and still do well in the course. <br />
<br />
SICK? First, do your level best to let us know before the field trip/class exercise/test. Second, if you are sick, believe us when we say that we don't want to see you in lab --- please be responsible, and don't spread germs by coming to class with a fever, or hacking and coughing. For illnesses, we pro-rate your grade on the basis of the point-bearing exercises you didn't miss. If you are sick for the final YOU MUST INFORM THE OFFICE OF STUDENT SERVICES in order to be allowed to take a make-up after final exam week is over. '''The final exam is the only point-bearing exercise for which a make-up is possible.''' <br />
<br />
These policies have been developed over years of teaching this and other courses, and are designed to ensure fair treatment of everyone by eliminating discrepancies in testing and evaluation, and by eliminating differences in the amount of field and study time available to students. I am very willing to discuss my reasoning for these policies, but if you try to talk me into making an exception to them for you, you will fail, and probably make me grumpy to boot.<br />
<br />
== Point Structure for Grading ==<br />
<br />
'''COURSE POINT TOTAL 300 POINTS''' <br />
<br />
'''Test 1:''' 60 points, March 9 <br />
<br />
'''Final:''' 60 points, April 30<br />
<br />
'''Field Notebook:''' 30 points<br />
<br />
'''Worksheets/Quizzes''' 50 points (5 at 10 points each)<br />
<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/f/f6/Independent_observation_guidelines.pdf '''Independent Field Observations:'''] 35 points<br />
<br />
SEE: [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/c/c5/Ebird_Setup_Document.pdf Ebird Set-up Document] and [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/7/7f/POINT_COUNT_PROTOCOL.pdf Point Count Protocol] and [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/6/62/Point_Count_Datasheet.pdf Point Count Datasheet] and<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/3/38/Point_count_example.pdf Point Count Example]. <br />
<br />
Independent Field Observation Locations: [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/4/40/Heep_Site_Map.pdf Map of Hillside Environmental Education Project]or [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=208276875179231289772.0004b684a244c6b18ade9&msa=0 View the locations on Google Earth/Maps]<br />
<br />
'''Field Trips:''' 45 points (Field trips are required: you ''lose'' 5 points for every missed trip. Note that field trips are VERY subject to change, depending on birds, weather, circumstances, and whim. Don't assume you know what you are going to miss!)<br />
<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/department/collections/index.html '''Collections'''] '''Work:''' 20 points (4 hours at 5 points per hour).<br />
<br />
You are also expected to keep a [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/f/fe/Field_Notebook_Guidelines.pdf '''Field Notebook.'''] Notebooks will be collected for grading, at random, throughout the course of the semester. You will earn up to a maximum of 30 points for your notebooks (no more than 10 points per grading event); '''you may not begin work on your independent observations until you have earned at least 20 points on your notebook'''.<br />
<br />
== Academic Rules/Conduct ==<br />
<br />
All students should be aware of the guidelines on academic integrity contained in the Student Conduct Code. The Conduct Code is available at http://www.dosa.uconn.edu/student_conduct.html.<br />
<br />
== Questions ==<br />
<br />
''If you have questions, by all means collar me or email me and ask. I will post both the questions (questioners will be anonymous) and answers here. <br />
''<br />
== Useful and Amusing Links ==<br />
<br />
===Online field guides===<br />
<br />
[http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/ Bird songs online!]<br />
<br />
[http://www.lab.fws.gov/featheratlas/ Feather Identification Resource Online!] The Feather Atlas of North American Birds provided high-resolution scans of flight feathers of the major groups of birds; useful for comparison with found feathers whose origin you aren't sure of. <br />
<br />
===Field guide apps===<br />
<br />
[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/22/technology/personaltech/22smart.html An article from the NY Times on smart phone apps for birding]<br />
<br />
[http://ibird.com/compare.aspx A feature comparison of various bird guide apps, inlcuding Sibley, Peterson, NatGeo, and iBird]<br />
<br />
[http://blog.aba.org/2011/10/digital-bird-song-identification-a-reality.html#comments A forthcoming app for automatically IDing bird song in the field]<br />
<br />
===Apps for finding birds===<br />
[http://www.getbirdseye.com/ Cornell's BirdsEye app (for finding recent sightings using the eBird database)]<br />
<br />
[http://ictbirds.wordpress.com/ iCTBirds: an app for finding birds in CT using the Connecticut Ornithological Association's CTBirds listserv]<br />
<br />
[http://www.ctbirdtrends.org/storrssightings.html A webpage that shows recent sightings from birding hotspots around Storrs (for free!), using the eBird database]<br />
<br />
===Bird blogs===<br />
<br />
[http://www.sibleyguides.com/ David Sibley's Blog], wherein the field guide guy riffs mostly on the finer and philosophical points of bird identification, and reports his experiments in window treatments to prevent bird strikes. <br />
<br />
[http://www.surfbirds.com/community-blogs/mbalame/2008/03/13/when-bad-photos-happen-to-good-birds/ North Coast (Oregon) Diaries] Comments on photo documentation versus detailed notes. See also the March 2, 2008 post on Ugly Gulls (browse Main calendar).<br />
<br />
===Jobs in Ornithology===<br />
<br />
[http://www.osnabirds.org/on/ornjobs.htm Jobs in Ornithology], the job board for the Ornithological Societies of North America. THE central clearing house for field research internships and jobs. <br />
<br />
[http://listserv.umd.edu/archives/ecolog-l.html ECOLOG-L listserve postings] Job postings, other miscellaneous information and discussions about field ecology.<br />
<br />
[http://beardsleyzoo.org/volunteer-gi1 CT Beardsley Zoo Summer Internships]<br />
<br />
== Collections Work Hours Sign Up ==<br />
<br />
'''Vertebrate Collections Manager:''' Sue Hochgraf susan.hochgraf@uconn.edu 860-486-8945<br />
<br />
To sign-up, let Dr. Rubega or Chris know which date/hours you would like to work; refer here to see hours already taken. No more than 2 students in an hour block simultaneously, unless Sue Hochgraf approves it.<br />
<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2"<br />
!width="85"|Date<br />
!width="85"|9 am<br />
!width="85"|10 am <br />
!width="85"|11 am <br />
!width="85"|12 pm <br />
(can only be worked consecutively after an 11 am block)<br />
!width="85"|1 pm<br />
!width="85"|2 pm<br />
!width="85"|3 pm<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 2 || || ||Jeff C || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 9|| || || Jeff C || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 16|| Jordan R|| Jordan R|| Jeff C || || Steph M || Erin C|| || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 23|| Jordan R || Jordan R ||Jeff C & Molly Z || Molly Z || Steph M ||Melissa K + Erin C || not available ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 1|| || not available || Molly Z || Molly Z || Steph M || Emily || Emily ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 8|| || ||Zack M || Zack M|| || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 15|| Spring||Break ||No ||Collections ||Work ||GO || BIRDING! ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 22|| || ||Zack M ||Zack M || || Melissa K + Erin C|| ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 29|| || || || || || Melissa K + Erin C || ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 5|| |||| || || Jenna K ||Jenna K + Emily|| Jenna K + Emily ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 12|| || || || ||Jenna K ||Jenna K + Emily || Jenna K + Emily ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 19|| || || || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 26|| || || |||| || || ||<br />
|-<br />
|-} <br />
<br />
<br />
[[Category:EEB Courses]]</div>Christopher Fieldhttp://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=Ornithology_Laboratory&diff=21080Ornithology Laboratory2012-02-22T01:11:27Z<p>Christopher Field: </p>
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|}<br />
[[Image:Wesahead.JPG|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
<br />
''Western Sandpiper; drawing copyright Bridget Keimel''<br />
<br />
== Basic Course Information == <br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large">EEB 4261</span><br><br />
<br />
'''Spring 2012''' <br />
<br />
'''Meets:''' Fridays, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m, TLS 371<br />
<br />
'''Instructor:''' '''[mailto:margaret.rubega@uconn.edu Dr. Margaret Rubega]'''<br> <br />
'''Office:''' PharmBio 500 '''Phone:''' 486-4502<br> <br />
'''Office Hours:''' By appointment<br><br />
<br />
<font color= "#FF0000">Your emails to me '''MUST contain the phrase "EEB 4261” in the subject line;''' email received without that phrase, and especially those with a blank subject line, will be DELETED, unread.</font><br />
<br />
'''Teaching Assistant:''' '''[mailto:christopher.field@uconn.edu Chris Field]'''<br><br />
'''Office:''' PharmBio 310 '''Phone:''' 486-3005 <br> <br />
'''Office Hours:''' Wed. 12-2, or by appointment<br><br />
<br />
== Required Texts ==<br />
<br />
MANUAL OF ORNITHOLOGY (Yale Univ.), by N.S. Proctor and P.J. Lynch<br />
<br />
BIRDS OF STORRS (Natchaug Ornithological Society) by G.A. Clark, Jr.<br />
<br />
SIBLEY GUIDE TO BIRDS (Knopf), by D.A. Sibley.(Eastern or North American Edition)<br />
<br />
== Class Schedule ==<br />
<br />
(<font color= "#FF0000">very</font> subject to change; check back before every lab)<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2"<br />
!width="75"|Date<br />
!width="350"|Required Reading<br />
!width="350"|Subject <br />
!width="300"|Meeting notes, and other resources <br />
|- <br />
| Jan 20 ||P & L p. 274-281,286-287; Sibley p. 9-14; Clark p. 1-19 || Tools of the trade: Optics, Field Guides, Field Notes and Journals || Come dressed and ready to bird; meet in TLS 371<br />
|- <br />
| Jan 27 || P & L p. 22-37, 47-65, 263-265; Sibley p. 15-21; Clark p. 21-40/ P & L p. 66-77 || North American bird Orders; Topography and Field Marks; Feet, Beaks and Body Form; Opportunities in Ornithology || Bring P & L to class; meet in TLS 371<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 3 || Handouts || Tour of Mansfield birding spots ||<br />
|-<br />
| Feb 10 || Handouts|| Specimen preparation demonstration|| Come dressed to bird<br />
|-<br />
| Feb 17 || P & L p. 81-105 || Feathers & Aerodynamics || <br />
|- <br />
| Feb 24 || P & L Chapters 6 & 7, 205-209, 219-226|| Anatomy: musculature and internal organs || NO BIRDING - we will need the whole class period for dissections. '''Bring your Proctor and Lynch to class!'''<br />
|-<br />
| March 2|| P & L Chap. 5 || Anatomy - Skeletons || Check for weather, and come dressed to bird <br />
|- <br />
| March 9 || || '''MIDTERM EXAM'''; ''birding after''|| <br />
|- <br />
| March 16 || ||NO CLASS - SPRING BREAK - GO BIRDING! || <br />
|- <br />
| March 23 ||Handouts ||Field Techniques: Survey methods || <br />
|- <br />
| March 30|| Proctor & Lynch p. 266-273 || Weather and Bird Movements: Go Outside to EXPERIENCE both! || [http://woodcreeper.com Monitor bird movements with Dave LaPuma!] [http://virtual.clemson.edu/groups/birdrad/ Clemson University Radar Ornithology Lab] [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/5/5d/Weather_lab.pdf Birds and Weather worksheet]<br />
|- <br />
| April 6 || || Bird, Bird, Bird – outside all four hours || <br />
|- <br />
| April 13 || Handouts || Field Techniques: Behavioral observations || <br />
|- <br />
| April 20|| || Bird, Bird, Bird – outside all four hours|| <br />
|- <br />
| April 27|| || Bird, Bird, Bird - outside all four hours||<br />
|- <br />
| April 30 ||'''8:00 – 10:00 am'''|| '''FINAL EXAM in TLS 371'''||<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Grading ==<br />
<br />
Grading in this course is done on a straight percentage-of-points basis, i.e., to obtain an A, you need to earn 90% or more of the available points. <font color= "#FF0000">The grades will '''not''' be "curved", and there will be '''no''' opportunities for "make-up" or "extra-credit" points.</font> Attendance on the field trips is '''required'''. If you miss a field trip, you lose 5 points. If you miss a test, you will receive a score of zero. If you have a legitimate reason (for example, a death in your family) to miss a field trip or test, you may be excused (at the discretion of the instructors) IF AND ONLY IF you provide written documentation (for example, an obituary documenting a death in your family) within one week of missing the class or test. In cases where the instructors determine you have a legitimate excuse, there still will be no make-ups administered: you will be graded only on the basis of the points contained in the field trips and tests you did complete. NOTE that this method reduces the number of points you can afford to lose and still do well in the course. <br />
<br />
SICK? First, do your level best to let us know before the field trip/class exercise/test. Second, if you are sick, believe us when we say that we don't want to see you in lab --- please be responsible, and don't spread germs by coming to class with a fever, or hacking and coughing. For illnesses, we pro-rate your grade on the basis of the point-bearing exercises you didn't miss. If you are sick for the final YOU MUST INFORM THE OFFICE OF STUDENT SERVICES in order to be allowed to take a make-up after final exam week is over. '''The final exam is the only point-bearing exercise for which a make-up is possible.''' <br />
<br />
These policies have been developed over years of teaching this and other courses, and are designed to ensure fair treatment of everyone by eliminating discrepancies in testing and evaluation, and by eliminating differences in the amount of field and study time available to students. I am very willing to discuss my reasoning for these policies, but if you try to talk me into making an exception to them for you, you will fail, and probably make me grumpy to boot.<br />
<br />
== Point Structure for Grading ==<br />
<br />
'''COURSE POINT TOTAL 300 POINTS''' <br />
<br />
'''Test 1:''' 60 points, March 9 <br />
<br />
'''Final:''' 60 points, April 30<br />
<br />
'''Field Notebook:''' 30 points<br />
<br />
'''Worksheets/Quizzes''' 50 points (5 at 10 points each)<br />
<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/f/f6/Independent_observation_guidelines.pdf '''Independent Field Observations:'''] 35 points<br />
<br />
SEE: [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/c/c5/Ebird_Setup_Document.pdf Ebird Set-up Document] and [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/7/7f/POINT_COUNT_PROTOCOL.pdf Point Count Protocol] and [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/6/62/Point_Count_Datasheet.pdf Point Count Datasheet] and<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/3/38/Point_count_example.pdf Point Count Example]. <br />
<br />
Independent Field Observation Locations: [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/4/40/Heep_Site_Map.pdf Map of Hillside Environmental Education Project]or [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=208276875179231289772.0004b684a244c6b18ade9&msa=0 View the locations on Google Earth/Maps]<br />
<br />
'''Field Trips:''' 45 points (Field trips are required: you ''lose'' 5 points for every missed trip. Note that field trips are VERY subject to change, depending on birds, weather, circumstances, and whim. Don't assume you know what you are going to miss!)<br />
<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/department/collections/index.html '''Collections'''] '''Work:''' 20 points (4 hours at 5 points per hour).<br />
<br />
You are also expected to keep a [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/f/fe/Field_Notebook_Guidelines.pdf '''Field Notebook.'''] Notebooks will be collected for grading, at random, throughout the course of the semester. You will earn up to a maximum of 30 points for your notebooks (no more than 10 points per grading event); '''you may not begin work on your independent observations until you have earned at least 20 points on your notebook'''.<br />
<br />
== Academic Rules/Conduct ==<br />
<br />
All students should be aware of the guidelines on academic integrity contained in the Student Conduct Code. The Conduct Code is available at http://www.dosa.uconn.edu/student_conduct.html.<br />
<br />
== Questions ==<br />
<br />
''If you have questions, by all means collar me or email me and ask. I will post both the questions (questioners will be anonymous) and answers here. <br />
''<br />
== Useful and Amusing Links ==<br />
<br />
===Online field guides===<br />
<br />
[http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/ Bird songs online!]<br />
<br />
[http://www.lab.fws.gov/featheratlas/ Feather Identification Resource Online!] The Feather Atlas of North American Birds provided high-resolution scans of flight feathers of the major groups of birds; useful for comparison with found feathers whose origin you aren't sure of. <br />
<br />
===Field guide apps===<br />
<br />
[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/22/technology/personaltech/22smart.html An article from the NY Times on smart phone apps for birding]<br />
<br />
[http://ibird.com/compare.aspx A feature comparison of various bird guide apps, inlcuding Sibley, Peterson, NatGeo, and iBird]<br />
<br />
[http://blog.aba.org/2011/10/digital-bird-song-identification-a-reality.html#comments A forthcoming app for automatically IDing bird song in the field]<br />
<br />
===Apps for finding birds===<br />
[http://www.getbirdseye.com/ Cornell's BirdsEye app (for finding recent sightings using the eBird database)]<br />
<br />
[http://ictbirds.wordpress.com/ iCTBirds: an app for finding birds in CT using the Connecticut Ornithological Association's CTBirds listserv]<br />
<br />
[http://www.ctbirdtrends.org/storrssightings.html A webpage that shows recent sightings from birding hotspots around Storrs (for free!), using the eBird database]<br />
<br />
===Bird blogs===<br />
<br />
[http://www.sibleyguides.com/ David Sibley's Blog], wherein the field guide guy riffs mostly on the finer and philosophical points of bird identification, and reports his experiments in window treatments to prevent bird strikes. <br />
<br />
[http://www.surfbirds.com/community-blogs/mbalame/2008/03/13/when-bad-photos-happen-to-good-birds/ North Coast (Oregon) Diaries] Comments on photo documentation versus detailed notes. See also the March 2, 2008 post on Ugly Gulls (browse Main calendar).<br />
<br />
===Jobs in Ornithology===<br />
<br />
[http://www.osnabirds.org/on/ornjobs.htm Jobs in Ornithology], the job board for the Ornithological Societies of North America. THE central clearing house for field research internships and jobs. <br />
<br />
[http://listserv.umd.edu/archives/ecolog-l.html ECOLOG-L listserve postings] Job postings, other miscellaneous information and discussions about field ecology.<br />
<br />
[http://beardsleyzoo.org/volunteer-gi1 CT Beardsley Zoo Summer Internships]<br />
<br />
== Collections Work Hours Sign Up ==<br />
<br />
'''Vertebrate Collections Manager:''' Sue Hochgraf susan.hochgraf@uconn.edu 860-486-8945<br />
<br />
To sign-up, let Dr. Rubega or Chris know which date/hours you would like to work; refer here to see hours already taken. No more than 2 students in an hour block simultaneously, unless Sue Hochgraf approves it.<br />
<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2"<br />
!width="85"|Date<br />
!width="85"|9 am<br />
!width="85"|10 am <br />
!width="85"|11 am <br />
!width="85"|12 pm <br />
(can only be worked consecutively after an 11 am block)<br />
!width="85"|1 pm<br />
!width="85"|2 pm<br />
!width="85"|3 pm<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 2 || || ||Jeff C || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 9|| || || Jeff C || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 16|| Jordan R|| Jordan R|| Jeff C || || Steph M || Erin C|| || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 23|| Jordan R || Jordan R ||Jeff C & Molly Z || Molly Z || Steph M ||Melissa K + Erin C || not available ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 1|| || not available || Molly Z || Molly Z || Steph M || Emily || Emily ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 8|| || ||Zack M || Zack M|| || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 15|| Spring||Break ||No ||Collections ||Work ||GO || BIRDING! ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 22|| || ||Zack M ||Zack M || || Melissa K + Erin C|| ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 29|| || || || || || Melissa K + Erin C || ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 5|| |||| || || || Emily|| Emily ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 12|| || || || || ||Emily || Emily ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 19|| || || || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 26|| || || |||| || || ||<br />
|-<br />
|-} <br />
<br />
<br />
[[Category:EEB Courses]]</div>Christopher Fieldhttp://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=Ornithology_Laboratory&diff=20956Ornithology Laboratory2012-02-17T01:21:07Z<p>Christopher Field: </p>
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[[Image:Wesahead.JPG|thumb|left]]<br />
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<br />
''Western Sandpiper; drawing copyright Bridget Keimel''<br />
<br />
== Basic Course Information == <br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large">EEB 4261</span><br><br />
<br />
'''Spring 2012''' <br />
<br />
'''Meets:''' Fridays, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m, TLS 371<br />
<br />
'''Instructor:''' '''[mailto:margaret.rubega@uconn.edu Dr. Margaret Rubega]'''<br> <br />
'''Office:''' PharmBio 500 '''Phone:''' 486-4502<br> <br />
'''Office Hours:''' By appointment<br><br />
<br />
<font color= "#FF0000">Your emails to me '''MUST contain the phrase "EEB 4261” in the subject line;''' email received without that phrase, and especially those with a blank subject line, will be DELETED, unread.</font><br />
<br />
'''Teaching Assistant:''' '''[mailto:christopher.field@uconn.edu Chris Field]'''<br><br />
'''Office:''' PharmBio 310 '''Phone:''' 486-3005 <br> <br />
'''Office Hours:''' Wed. 12-2, or by appointment<br><br />
<br />
== Required Texts ==<br />
<br />
MANUAL OF ORNITHOLOGY (Yale Univ.), by N.S. Proctor and P.J. Lynch<br />
<br />
BIRDS OF STORRS (Natchaug Ornithological Society) by G.A. Clark, Jr.<br />
<br />
SIBLEY GUIDE TO BIRDS (Knopf), by D.A. Sibley.(Eastern or North American Edition)<br />
<br />
== Class Schedule ==<br />
<br />
(<font color= "#FF0000">very</font> subject to change; check back before every lab)<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2"<br />
!width="75"|Date<br />
!width="350"|Required Reading<br />
!width="350"|Subject <br />
!width="300"|Meeting notes, and other resources <br />
|- <br />
| Jan 20 ||P & L p. 274-281,286-287; Sibley p. 9-14; Clark p. 1-19 || Tools of the trade: Optics, Field Guides, Field Notes and Journals || Come dressed and ready to bird; meet in TLS 371<br />
|- <br />
| Jan 27 || P & L p. 22-37, 47-65, 263-265; Sibley p. 15-21; Clark p. 21-40/ P & L p. 66-77 || North American bird Orders; Topography and Field Marks; Feet, Beaks and Body Form; Opportunities in Ornithology || Bring P & L to class; meet in TLS 371<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 3 || Handouts || Tour of Mansfield birding spots ||<br />
|-<br />
| Feb 10 || Handouts|| Specimen preparation demonstration|| Come dressed to bird<br />
|-<br />
| Feb 17 || P & L p. 81-105 || Feathers & Aerodynamics || <br />
|- <br />
| Feb 24 || P & L Chapters 6 & 7, 205-209, 219-226|| Anatomy: musculature and internal organs || NO BIRDING - we will need the whole class period for dissections. '''Bring your Proctor and Lynch to class!'''<br />
|-<br />
| March 2|| P & L Chap. 5 || Anatomy - Skeletons || Check for weather, and come dressed to bird <br />
|- <br />
| March 9 || || '''MIDTERM EXAM'''; ''birding after''|| <br />
|- <br />
| March 16 || ||NO CLASS - SPRING BREAK - GO BIRDING! || <br />
|- <br />
| March 23 ||Handouts ||Field Techniques: Survey methods || <br />
|- <br />
| March 30|| Proctor & Lynch p. 266-273 || Weather and Bird Movements: Go Outside to EXPERIENCE both! || [http://woodcreeper.com Monitor bird movements with Dave LaPuma!] [http://virtual.clemson.edu/groups/birdrad/ Clemson University Radar Ornithology Lab] [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/5/5d/Weather_lab.pdf Birds and Weather worksheet]<br />
|- <br />
| April 6 || || Bird, Bird, Bird – outside all four hours || <br />
|- <br />
| April 13 || Handouts || Field Techniques: Behavioral observations || <br />
|- <br />
| April 20|| || Bird, Bird, Bird – outside all four hours|| <br />
|- <br />
| April 27|| || Bird, Bird, Bird - outside all four hours||<br />
|- <br />
| April 30 ||'''8:00 – 10:00 am'''|| '''FINAL EXAM in TLS 371'''||<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Grading ==<br />
<br />
Grading in this course is done on a straight percentage-of-points basis, i.e., to obtain an A, you need to earn 90% or more of the available points. <font color= "#FF0000">The grades will '''not''' be "curved", and there will be '''no''' opportunities for "make-up" or "extra-credit" points.</font> Attendance on the field trips is '''required'''. If you miss a field trip, you lose 5 points. If you miss a test, you will receive a score of zero. If you have a legitimate reason (for example, a death in your family) to miss a field trip or test, you may be excused (at the discretion of the instructors) IF AND ONLY IF you provide written documentation (for example, an obituary documenting a death in your family) within one week of missing the class or test. In cases where the instructors determine you have a legitimate excuse, there still will be no make-ups administered: you will be graded only on the basis of the points contained in the field trips and tests you did complete. NOTE that this method reduces the number of points you can afford to lose and still do well in the course. <br />
<br />
SICK? First, do your level best to let us know before the field trip/class exercise/test. Second, if you are sick, believe us when we say that we don't want to see you in lab --- please be responsible, and don't spread germs by coming to class with a fever, or hacking and coughing. For illnesses, we pro-rate your grade on the basis of the point-bearing exercises you didn't miss. If you are sick for the final YOU MUST INFORM THE OFFICE OF STUDENT SERVICES in order to be allowed to take a make-up after final exam week is over. '''The final exam is the only point-bearing exercise for which a make-up is possible.''' <br />
<br />
These policies have been developed over years of teaching this and other courses, and are designed to ensure fair treatment of everyone by eliminating discrepancies in testing and evaluation, and by eliminating differences in the amount of field and study time available to students. I am very willing to discuss my reasoning for these policies, but if you try to talk me into making an exception to them for you, you will fail, and probably make me grumpy to boot.<br />
<br />
== Point Structure for Grading ==<br />
<br />
'''COURSE POINT TOTAL 300 POINTS''' <br />
<br />
'''Test 1:''' 60 points, March 9 <br />
<br />
'''Final:''' 60 points, April 30<br />
<br />
'''Field Notebook:''' 30 points<br />
<br />
'''Worksheets/Quizzes''' 50 points (5 at 10 points each)<br />
<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/f/f6/Independent_observation_guidelines.pdf '''Independent Field Observations:'''] 35 points<br />
<br />
SEE: [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/c/c5/Ebird_Setup_Document.pdf Ebird Set-up Document] and [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/7/7f/POINT_COUNT_PROTOCOL.pdf Point Count Protocol] and [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/6/62/Point_Count_Datasheet.pdf Point Count Datasheet] and<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/3/38/Point_count_example.pdf Point Count Example]. <br />
<br />
Independent Field Observation Locations: [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/4/40/Heep_Site_Map.pdf Map of Hillside Environmental Education Project]or [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=208276875179231289772.0004b684a244c6b18ade9&msa=0 View the locations on Google Earth/Maps]<br />
<br />
'''Field Trips:''' 45 points (Field trips are required: you ''lose'' 5 points for every missed trip. Note that field trips are VERY subject to change, depending on birds, weather, circumstances, and whim. Don't assume you know what you are going to miss!)<br />
<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/department/collections/index.html '''Collections'''] '''Work:''' 20 points (4 hours at 5 points per hour).<br />
<br />
You are also expected to keep a [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/f/fe/Field_Notebook_Guidelines.pdf '''Field Notebook.'''] Notebooks will be collected for grading, at random, throughout the course of the semester. You will earn up to a maximum of 30 points for your notebooks (no more than 10 points per grading event); '''you may not begin work on your independent observations until you have earned at least 20 points on your notebook'''.<br />
<br />
== Academic Rules/Conduct ==<br />
<br />
All students should be aware of the guidelines on academic integrity contained in the Student Conduct Code. The Conduct Code is available at http://www.dosa.uconn.edu/student_conduct.html.<br />
<br />
== Questions ==<br />
<br />
''If you have questions, by all means collar me or email me and ask. I will post both the questions (questioners will be anonymous) and answers here. <br />
''<br />
== Useful and Amusing Links ==<br />
<br />
===Online field guides===<br />
<br />
[http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/ Bird songs online!]<br />
<br />
[http://www.lab.fws.gov/featheratlas/ Feather Identification Resource Online!] The Feather Atlas of North American Birds provided high-resolution scans of flight feathers of the major groups of birds; useful for comparison with found feathers whose origin you aren't sure of. <br />
<br />
===Field guide apps===<br />
<br />
[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/22/technology/personaltech/22smart.html An article from the NY Times on smart phone apps for birding]<br />
<br />
[http://ibird.com/compare.aspx A feature comparison of various bird guide apps, inlcuding Sibley, Peterson, NatGeo, and iBird]<br />
<br />
[http://blog.aba.org/2011/10/digital-bird-song-identification-a-reality.html#comments A forthcoming app for automatically IDing bird song in the field]<br />
<br />
===Apps for finding birds===<br />
[http://www.getbirdseye.com/ Cornell's BirdsEye app (for finding recent sightings using the eBird database)]<br />
<br />
[http://ictbirds.wordpress.com/ iCTBirds: an app for finding birds in CT using the Connecticut Ornithological Association's CTBirds listserv]<br />
<br />
[http://www.ctbirdtrends.org/storrssightings.html A webpage that shows recent sightings from birding hotspots around Storrs (for free!), using the eBird database]<br />
<br />
===Bird blogs===<br />
<br />
[http://www.sibleyguides.com/ David Sibley's Blog], wherein the field guide guy riffs mostly on the finer and philosophical points of bird identification, and reports his experiments in window treatments to prevent bird strikes. <br />
<br />
[http://www.surfbirds.com/community-blogs/mbalame/2008/03/13/when-bad-photos-happen-to-good-birds/ North Coast (Oregon) Diaries] Comments on photo documentation versus detailed notes. See also the March 2, 2008 post on Ugly Gulls (browse Main calendar).<br />
<br />
===Jobs in Ornithology===<br />
<br />
[http://www.osnabirds.org/on/ornjobs.htm Jobs in Ornithology], the job board for the Ornithological Societies of North America. THE central clearing house for field research internships and jobs. <br />
<br />
[http://listserv.umd.edu/archives/ecolog-l.html ECOLOG-L listserve postings] Job postings, other miscellaneous information and discussions about field ecology.<br />
<br />
[http://beardsleyzoo.org/volunteer-gi1 CT Beardsley Zoo Summer Internships]<br />
<br />
== Collections Work Hours Sign Up ==<br />
<br />
'''Vertebrate Collections Manager:''' Sue Hochgraf susan.hochgraf@uconn.edu 860-486-8945<br />
<br />
To sign-up, let Dr. Rubega or Chris know which date/hours you would like to work; refer here to see hours already taken. No more than 2 students in an hour block simultaneously, unless Sue Hochgraf approves it.<br />
<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2"<br />
!width="85"|Date<br />
!width="85"|9 am<br />
!width="85"|10 am <br />
!width="85"|11 am <br />
!width="85"|12 pm <br />
(can only be worked consecutively after an 11 am block)<br />
!width="85"|1 pm<br />
!width="85"|2 pm<br />
!width="85"|3 pm<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 2 || || ||Jeff C || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 9|| || || Jeff C || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 16|| Jordan R|| Jordan R|| Jeff C || || Steph M || Erin C|| || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 23|| || ||Jeff C & Molly Z || Molly Z || Steph M ||Melissa K + Erin C || not available ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 1|| || not available || Molly Z || Molly Z || Steph M || Emily || Emily ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 8|| || ||Zack M || Zack M|| || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 15|| Spring||Break ||No ||Collections ||Work ||GO || BIRDING! ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 22|| || ||Zack M ||Zack M || || Melissa K + Erin C|| ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 29|| || || || || || Melissa K + Erin C || ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 5|| |||| || || || Emily|| Emily ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 12|| || || || || ||Emily || Emily ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 19|| || || || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 26|| || || |||| || || ||<br />
|-<br />
|-} <br />
<br />
<br />
[[Category:EEB Courses]]</div>Christopher Fieldhttp://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=Ornithology_Laboratory&diff=20954Ornithology Laboratory2012-02-17T00:59:27Z<p>Christopher Field: </p>
<hr />
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|}<br />
[[Image:Wesahead.JPG|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
<br />
''Western Sandpiper; drawing copyright Bridget Keimel''<br />
<br />
== Basic Course Information == <br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large">EEB 4261</span><br><br />
<br />
'''Spring 2012''' <br />
<br />
'''Meets:''' Fridays, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m, TLS 371<br />
<br />
'''Instructor:''' '''[mailto:margaret.rubega@uconn.edu Dr. Margaret Rubega]'''<br> <br />
'''Office:''' PharmBio 500 '''Phone:''' 486-4502<br> <br />
'''Office Hours:''' By appointment<br><br />
<br />
<font color= "#FF0000">Your emails to me '''MUST contain the phrase "EEB 4261” in the subject line;''' email received without that phrase, and especially those with a blank subject line, will be DELETED, unread.</font><br />
<br />
'''Teaching Assistant:''' '''[mailto:christopher.field@uconn.edu Chris Field]'''<br><br />
'''Office:''' PharmBio 310 '''Phone:''' 486-3005 <br> <br />
'''Office Hours:''' Wed. 12-2, or by appointment<br><br />
<br />
== Required Texts ==<br />
<br />
MANUAL OF ORNITHOLOGY (Yale Univ.), by N.S. Proctor and P.J. Lynch<br />
<br />
BIRDS OF STORRS (Natchaug Ornithological Society) by G.A. Clark, Jr.<br />
<br />
SIBLEY GUIDE TO BIRDS (Knopf), by D.A. Sibley.(Eastern or North American Edition)<br />
<br />
== Class Schedule ==<br />
<br />
(<font color= "#FF0000">very</font> subject to change; check back before every lab)<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2"<br />
!width="75"|Date<br />
!width="350"|Required Reading<br />
!width="350"|Subject <br />
!width="300"|Meeting notes, and other resources <br />
|- <br />
| Jan 20 ||P & L p. 274-281,286-287; Sibley p. 9-14; Clark p. 1-19 || Tools of the trade: Optics, Field Guides, Field Notes and Journals || Come dressed and ready to bird; meet in TLS 371<br />
|- <br />
| Jan 27 || P & L p. 22-37, 47-65, 263-265; Sibley p. 15-21; Clark p. 21-40/ P & L p. 66-77 || North American bird Orders; Topography and Field Marks; Feet, Beaks and Body Form; Opportunities in Ornithology || Bring P & L to class; meet in TLS 371<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 3 || Handouts || Tour of Mansfield birding spots ||<br />
|-<br />
| Feb 10 || Handouts|| Specimen preparation demonstration|| Come dressed to bird<br />
|-<br />
| Feb 17 || P & L p. 81-105 || Feathers & Aerodynamics || <br />
|- <br />
| Feb 24 || P & L Chapters 6 & 7, 205-209, 219-226|| Anatomy: musculature and internal organs || NO BIRDING - we will need the whole class period for dissections. '''Bring your Proctor and Lynch to class!'''<br />
|-<br />
| March 2|| P & L Chap. 5 || Anatomy - Skeletons || Check for weather, and come dressed to bird <br />
|- <br />
| March 9 || || '''MIDTERM EXAM'''; ''birding after''|| <br />
|- <br />
| March 16 || ||NO CLASS - SPRING BREAK - GO BIRDING! || <br />
|- <br />
| March 23 ||Handouts ||Field Techniques: Survey methods || <br />
|- <br />
| March 30|| Proctor & Lynch p. 266-273 || Weather and Bird Movements: Go Outside to EXPERIENCE both! || [http://woodcreeper.com Monitor bird movements with Dave LaPuma!] [http://virtual.clemson.edu/groups/birdrad/ Clemson University Radar Ornithology Lab] [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/5/5d/Weather_lab.pdf Birds and Weather worksheet]<br />
|- <br />
| April 6 || || Bird, Bird, Bird – outside all four hours || <br />
|- <br />
| April 13 || Handouts || Field Techniques: Behavioral observations || <br />
|- <br />
| April 20|| || Bird, Bird, Bird – outside all four hours|| <br />
|- <br />
| April 27|| || Bird, Bird, Bird - outside all four hours||<br />
|- <br />
| April 30 ||'''8:00 – 10:00 am'''|| '''FINAL EXAM in TLS 371'''||<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Grading ==<br />
<br />
Grading in this course is done on a straight percentage-of-points basis, i.e., to obtain an A, you need to earn 90% or more of the available points. <font color= "#FF0000">The grades will '''not''' be "curved", and there will be '''no''' opportunities for "make-up" or "extra-credit" points.</font> Attendance on the field trips is '''required'''. If you miss a field trip, you lose 5 points. If you miss a test, you will receive a score of zero. If you have a legitimate reason (for example, a death in your family) to miss a field trip or test, you may be excused (at the discretion of the instructors) IF AND ONLY IF you provide written documentation (for example, an obituary documenting a death in your family) within one week of missing the class or test. In cases where the instructors determine you have a legitimate excuse, there still will be no make-ups administered: you will be graded only on the basis of the points contained in the field trips and tests you did complete. NOTE that this method reduces the number of points you can afford to lose and still do well in the course. <br />
<br />
SICK? First, do your level best to let us know before the field trip/class exercise/test. Second, if you are sick, believe us when we say that we don't want to see you in lab --- please be responsible, and don't spread germs by coming to class with a fever, or hacking and coughing. For illnesses, we pro-rate your grade on the basis of the point-bearing exercises you didn't miss. If you are sick for the final YOU MUST INFORM THE OFFICE OF STUDENT SERVICES in order to be allowed to take a make-up after final exam week is over. '''The final exam is the only point-bearing exercise for which a make-up is possible.''' <br />
<br />
These policies have been developed over years of teaching this and other courses, and are designed to ensure fair treatment of everyone by eliminating discrepancies in testing and evaluation, and by eliminating differences in the amount of field and study time available to students. I am very willing to discuss my reasoning for these policies, but if you try to talk me into making an exception to them for you, you will fail, and probably make me grumpy to boot.<br />
<br />
== Point Structure for Grading ==<br />
<br />
'''COURSE POINT TOTAL 300 POINTS''' <br />
<br />
'''Test 1:''' 60 points, March 9 <br />
<br />
'''Final:''' 60 points, April 30<br />
<br />
'''Field Notebook:''' 30 points<br />
<br />
'''Worksheets/Quizzes''' 50 points (5 at 10 points each)<br />
<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/f/f6/Independent_observation_guidelines.pdf '''Independent Field Observations:'''] 35 points<br />
<br />
SEE: [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/c/c5/Ebird_Setup_Document.pdf Ebird Set-up Document] and [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/7/7f/POINT_COUNT_PROTOCOL.pdf Point Count Protocol] and [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/6/62/Point_Count_Datasheet.pdf Point Count Datasheet] and<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/3/38/Point_count_example.pdf Point Count Example]. <br />
<br />
Independent Field Observation Locations: [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/4/40/Heep_Site_Map.pdf Map of Hillside Environmental Education Project]or [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=208276875179231289772.0004b684a244c6b18ade9&msa=0 View the locations on Google Earth/Maps]<br />
<br />
'''Field Trips:''' 45 points (Field trips are required: you ''lose'' 5 points for every missed trip. Note that field trips are VERY subject to change, depending on birds, weather, circumstances, and whim. Don't assume you know what you are going to miss!)<br />
<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/department/collections/index.html '''Collections'''] '''Work:''' 20 points (4 hours at 5 points per hour).<br />
<br />
You are also expected to keep a [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/f/fe/Field_Notebook_Guidelines.pdf '''Field Notebook.'''] Notebooks will be collected for grading, at random, throughout the course of the semester. You will earn up to a maximum of 30 points for your notebooks (no more than 10 points per grading event); '''you may not begin work on your independent observations until you have earned at least 20 points on your notebook'''.<br />
<br />
== Academic Rules/Conduct ==<br />
<br />
All students should be aware of the guidelines on academic integrity contained in the Student Conduct Code. The Conduct Code is available at http://www.dosa.uconn.edu/student_conduct.html.<br />
<br />
== Questions ==<br />
<br />
''If you have questions, by all means collar me or email me and ask. I will post both the questions (questioners will be anonymous) and answers here. <br />
''<br />
== Useful and Amusing Links ==<br />
<br />
===Online field guides===<br />
<br />
[http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/ Bird songs online!]<br />
<br />
[http://www.lab.fws.gov/featheratlas/ Feather Identification Resource Online!] The Feather Atlas of North American Birds provided high-resolution scans of flight feathers of the major groups of birds; useful for comparison with found feathers whose origin you aren't sure of. <br />
<br />
===Field guide apps===<br />
<br />
[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/22/technology/personaltech/22smart.html An article from the NY Times on smart phone apps for birding]<br />
<br />
[http://ibird.com/compare.aspx A feature comparison of various bird guide apps, inlcuding Sibley, Peterson, NatGeo, and iBird]<br />
<br />
[http://blog.aba.org/2011/10/digital-bird-song-identification-a-reality.html#comments A forthcoming app for automatically IDing bird song in the field]<br />
<br />
===Apps for finding birds===<br />
[http://www.getbirdseye.com/ Cornell's BirdsEye app (for finding recent sightings using the eBird database)]<br />
<br />
[http://ictbirds.wordpress.com/ iCTBirds: an app for finding birds in CT using the Connecticut Ornithological Association's CTBirds listserv]<br />
<br />
[http://www.ctbirdtrends.org/storrssightings.html A webpage that shows recent sightings from birding hotspots around Storrs (for free!), using the eBird database]<br />
<br />
===Bird blogs===<br />
<br />
[http://www.sibleyguides.com/ David Sibley's Blog], wherein the field guide guy riffs mostly on the finer and philosophical points of bird identification, and reports his experiments in window treatments to prevent bird strikes. <br />
<br />
[http://www.surfbirds.com/community-blogs/mbalame/2008/03/13/when-bad-photos-happen-to-good-birds/ North Coast (Oregon) Diaries] Comments on photo documentation versus detailed notes. See also the March 2, 2008 post on Ugly Gulls (browse Main calendar).<br />
<br />
===Jobs in Ornithology===<br />
<br />
[http://www.osnabirds.org/on/ornjobs.htm Jobs in Ornithology], the job board for the Ornithological Societies of North America. THE central clearing house for field research internships and jobs. <br />
<br />
[http://listserv.umd.edu/archives/ecolog-l.html ECOLOG-L listserve postings] Job postings, other miscellaneous information and discussions about field ecology.<br />
<br />
[http://beardsleyzoo.org/volunteer-gi1 CT Beardsley Zoo Summer Internships]<br />
<br />
== Collections Work Hours Sign Up ==<br />
<br />
'''Vertebrate Collections Manager:''' Sue Hochgraf susan.hochgraf@uconn.edu 860-486-8945<br />
<br />
To sign-up, let Dr. Rubega or Chris know which date/hours you would like to work; refer here to see hours already taken. No more than 2 students in an hour block simultaneously, unless Sue Hochgraf approves it.<br />
<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2"<br />
!width="85"|Date<br />
!width="85"|9 am<br />
!width="85"|10 am <br />
!width="85"|11 am <br />
!width="85"|12 pm <br />
(can only be worked consecutively after an 11 am block)<br />
!width="85"|1 pm<br />
!width="85"|2 pm<br />
!width="85"|3 pm<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 2 || || ||Jeff C || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 9|| || || Jeff C || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 16|| Jordan R|| Jordan R|| Jeff C || || Steph M || Erin C|| || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 23|| || ||Jeff C & Molly Z || Molly Z || Steph M ||Melissa K + Erin C || not available ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 1|| || not available || Molly Z || Molly Z || Steph M || Melissa K + Emily || Emily ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 8|| || ||Zack M || Zack M|| || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 15|| Spring||Break ||No ||Collections ||Work ||GO || BIRDING! ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 22|| || ||Zack M ||Zack M || || Melissa K + Erin C|| ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 29|| || || || || || Melissa K + Erin C || ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 5|| |||| || || || Emily|| Emily ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 12|| || || || || ||Emily || Emily ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 19|| || || || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 26|| || || |||| || || ||<br />
|-<br />
|-} <br />
<br />
<br />
[[Category:EEB Courses]]</div>Christopher Fieldhttp://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=Ornithology_Laboratory&diff=20953Ornithology Laboratory2012-02-17T00:51:16Z<p>Christopher Field: </p>
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[[Image:Wesahead.JPG|thumb|left]]<br />
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<br />
''Western Sandpiper; drawing copyright Bridget Keimel''<br />
<br />
== Basic Course Information == <br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large">EEB 4261</span><br><br />
<br />
'''Spring 2012''' <br />
<br />
'''Meets:''' Fridays, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m, TLS 371<br />
<br />
'''Instructor:''' '''[mailto:margaret.rubega@uconn.edu Dr. Margaret Rubega]'''<br> <br />
'''Office:''' PharmBio 500 '''Phone:''' 486-4502<br> <br />
'''Office Hours:''' By appointment<br><br />
<br />
<font color= "#FF0000">Your emails to me '''MUST contain the phrase "EEB 4261” in the subject line;''' email received without that phrase, and especially those with a blank subject line, will be DELETED, unread.</font><br />
<br />
'''Teaching Assistant:''' '''[mailto:christopher.field@uconn.edu Chris Field]'''<br><br />
'''Office:''' PharmBio 310 '''Phone:''' 486-3005 <br> <br />
'''Office Hours:''' Wed. 12-2, or by appointment<br><br />
<br />
== Required Texts ==<br />
<br />
MANUAL OF ORNITHOLOGY (Yale Univ.), by N.S. Proctor and P.J. Lynch<br />
<br />
BIRDS OF STORRS (Natchaug Ornithological Society) by G.A. Clark, Jr.<br />
<br />
SIBLEY GUIDE TO BIRDS (Knopf), by D.A. Sibley.(Eastern or North American Edition)<br />
<br />
== Class Schedule ==<br />
<br />
(<font color= "#FF0000">very</font> subject to change; check back before every lab)<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2"<br />
!width="75"|Date<br />
!width="350"|Required Reading<br />
!width="350"|Subject <br />
!width="300"|Meeting notes, and other resources <br />
|- <br />
| Jan 20 ||P & L p. 274-281,286-287; Sibley p. 9-14; Clark p. 1-19 || Tools of the trade: Optics, Field Guides, Field Notes and Journals || Come dressed and ready to bird; meet in TLS 371<br />
|- <br />
| Jan 27 || P & L p. 22-37, 47-65, 263-265; Sibley p. 15-21; Clark p. 21-40/ P & L p. 66-77 || North American bird Orders; Topography and Field Marks; Feet, Beaks and Body Form; Opportunities in Ornithology || Bring P & L to class; meet in TLS 371<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 3 || Handouts || Tour of Mansfield birding spots ||<br />
|-<br />
| Feb 10 || Handouts|| Specimen preparation demonstration|| Come dressed to bird<br />
|-<br />
| Feb 17 || P & L p. 81-105 || Feathers & Aerodynamics || <br />
|- <br />
| Feb 24 || P & L Chapters 6 & 7, 205-209, 219-226|| Anatomy: musculature and internal organs || NO BIRDING - we will need the whole class period for dissections. '''Bring your Proctor and Lynch to class!'''<br />
|-<br />
| March 2|| P & L Chap. 5 || Anatomy - Skeletons || Check for weather, and come dressed to bird <br />
|- <br />
| March 9 || || '''MIDTERM EXAM'''; ''birding after''|| <br />
|- <br />
| March 16 || ||NO CLASS - SPRING BREAK - GO BIRDING! || <br />
|- <br />
| March 23 ||Handouts ||Field Techniques: Survey methods || <br />
|- <br />
| March 30|| Proctor & Lynch p. 266-273 || Weather and Bird Movements: Go Outside to EXPERIENCE both! || [http://woodcreeper.com Monitor bird movements with Dave LaPuma!] [http://virtual.clemson.edu/groups/birdrad/ Clemson University Radar Ornithology Lab] [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/5/5d/Weather_lab.pdf Birds and Weather worksheet]<br />
|- <br />
| April 6 || || Bird, Bird, Bird – outside all four hours || <br />
|- <br />
| April 13 || Handouts || Field Techniques: Behavioral observations || <br />
|- <br />
| April 20|| || Bird, Bird, Bird – outside all four hours|| <br />
|- <br />
| April 27|| || Bird, Bird, Bird - outside all four hours||<br />
|- <br />
| April 30 ||'''8:00 – 10:00 am'''|| '''FINAL EXAM in TLS 371'''||<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Grading ==<br />
<br />
Grading in this course is done on a straight percentage-of-points basis, i.e., to obtain an A, you need to earn 90% or more of the available points. <font color= "#FF0000">The grades will '''not''' be "curved", and there will be '''no''' opportunities for "make-up" or "extra-credit" points.</font> Attendance on the field trips is '''required'''. If you miss a field trip, you lose 5 points. If you miss a test, you will receive a score of zero. If you have a legitimate reason (for example, a death in your family) to miss a field trip or test, you may be excused (at the discretion of the instructors) IF AND ONLY IF you provide written documentation (for example, an obituary documenting a death in your family) within one week of missing the class or test. In cases where the instructors determine you have a legitimate excuse, there still will be no make-ups administered: you will be graded only on the basis of the points contained in the field trips and tests you did complete. NOTE that this method reduces the number of points you can afford to lose and still do well in the course. <br />
<br />
SICK? First, do your level best to let us know before the field trip/class exercise/test. Second, if you are sick, believe us when we say that we don't want to see you in lab --- please be responsible, and don't spread germs by coming to class with a fever, or hacking and coughing. For illnesses, we pro-rate your grade on the basis of the point-bearing exercises you didn't miss. If you are sick for the final YOU MUST INFORM THE OFFICE OF STUDENT SERVICES in order to be allowed to take a make-up after final exam week is over. '''The final exam is the only point-bearing exercise for which a make-up is possible.''' <br />
<br />
These policies have been developed over years of teaching this and other courses, and are designed to ensure fair treatment of everyone by eliminating discrepancies in testing and evaluation, and by eliminating differences in the amount of field and study time available to students. I am very willing to discuss my reasoning for these policies, but if you try to talk me into making an exception to them for you, you will fail, and probably make me grumpy to boot.<br />
<br />
== Point Structure for Grading ==<br />
<br />
'''COURSE POINT TOTAL 300 POINTS''' <br />
<br />
'''Test 1:''' 60 points, March 9 <br />
<br />
'''Final:''' 60 points, April 30<br />
<br />
'''Field Notebook:''' 30 points<br />
<br />
'''Worksheets/Quizzes''' 50 points (5 at 10 points each)<br />
<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/f/f6/Independent_observation_guidelines.pdf '''Independent Field Observations:'''] 35 points<br />
<br />
SEE: [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/c/c5/Ebird_Setup_Document.pdf Ebird Set-up Document] and [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/7/7f/POINT_COUNT_PROTOCOL.pdf Point Count Protocol] and [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/6/62/Point_Count_Datasheet.pdf Point Count Datasheet] and<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/3/38/Point_count_example.pdf Point Count Example]. <br />
<br />
Independent Field Observation Locations: [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/4/40/Heep_Site_Map.pdf Map of Hillside Environmental Education Project]or [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=208276875179231289772.0004b684a244c6b18ade9&msa=0 View the locations on Google Earth/Maps]<br />
<br />
'''Field Trips:''' 45 points (Field trips are required: you ''lose'' 5 points for every missed trip. Note that field trips are VERY subject to change, depending on birds, weather, circumstances, and whim. Don't assume you know what you are going to miss!)<br />
<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/department/collections/index.html '''Collections'''] '''Work:''' 20 points (4 hours at 5 points per hour).<br />
<br />
You are also expected to keep a [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/f/fe/Field_Notebook_Guidelines.pdf '''Field Notebook.'''] Notebooks will be collected for grading, at random, throughout the course of the semester. You will earn up to a maximum of 30 points for your notebooks (no more than 10 points per grading event); '''you may not begin work on your independent observations until you have earned at least 20 points on your notebook'''.<br />
<br />
== Academic Rules/Conduct ==<br />
<br />
All students should be aware of the guidelines on academic integrity contained in the Student Conduct Code. The Conduct Code is available at http://www.dosa.uconn.edu/student_conduct.html.<br />
<br />
== Questions ==<br />
<br />
''If you have questions, by all means collar me or email me and ask. I will post both the questions (questioners will be anonymous) and answers here. <br />
''<br />
== Useful and Amusing Links ==<br />
<br />
===Online field guides===<br />
<br />
[http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/ Bird songs online!]<br />
<br />
[http://www.lab.fws.gov/featheratlas/ Feather Identification Resource Online!] The Feather Atlas of North American Birds provided high-resolution scans of flight feathers of the major groups of birds; useful for comparison with found feathers whose origin you aren't sure of. <br />
<br />
===Field guide apps===<br />
<br />
[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/22/technology/personaltech/22smart.html An article from the NY Times on smart phone apps for birding]<br />
<br />
[http://ibird.com/compare.aspx A feature comparison of various bird guide apps, inlcuding Sibley, Peterson, NatGeo, and iBird]<br />
<br />
[http://blog.aba.org/2011/10/digital-bird-song-identification-a-reality.html#comments A forthcoming app for automatically IDing bird song in the field]<br />
<br />
===Apps for finding birds===<br />
[http://www.getbirdseye.com/ Cornell's BirdsEye app (for finding recent sightings using the eBird database)]<br />
<br />
[http://ictbirds.wordpress.com/ iCTBirds: an app for finding birds in CT using the Connecticut Ornithological Association's CTBirds listserv]<br />
<br />
[http://www.ctbirdtrends.org/storrssightings.html A webpage that shows recent sightings from birding hotspots around Storrs (for free!), using the eBird database]<br />
<br />
===Bird blogs===<br />
<br />
[http://www.sibleyguides.com/ David Sibley's Blog], wherein the field guide guy riffs mostly on the finer and philosophical points of bird identification, and reports his experiments in window treatments to prevent bird strikes. <br />
<br />
[http://www.surfbirds.com/community-blogs/mbalame/2008/03/13/when-bad-photos-happen-to-good-birds/ North Coast (Oregon) Diaries] Comments on photo documentation versus detailed notes. See also the March 2, 2008 post on Ugly Gulls (browse Main calendar).<br />
<br />
===Jobs in Ornithology===<br />
<br />
[http://www.osnabirds.org/on/ornjobs.htm Jobs in Ornithology], the job board for the Ornithological Societies of North America. THE central clearing house for field research internships and jobs. <br />
<br />
[http://listserv.umd.edu/archives/ecolog-l.html ECOLOG-L listserve postings] Job postings, other miscellaneous information and discussions about field ecology.<br />
<br />
[http://beardsleyzoo.org/volunteer-gi1 CT Beardsley Zoo Summer Internships]<br />
<br />
== Collections Work Hours Sign Up ==<br />
<br />
'''Vertebrate Collections Manager:''' Sue Hochgraf susan.hochgraf@uconn.edu 860-486-8945<br />
<br />
To sign-up, let Dr. Rubega or Chris know which date/hours you would like to work; refer here to see hours already taken. No more than 2 students in an hour block simultaneously, unless Sue Hochgraf approves it.<br />
<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2"<br />
!width="85"|Date<br />
!width="85"|9 am<br />
!width="85"|10 am <br />
!width="85"|11 am <br />
!width="85"|12 pm <br />
(can only be worked consecutively after an 11 am block)<br />
!width="85"|1 pm<br />
!width="85"|2 pm<br />
!width="85"|3 pm<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 2 || || ||Jeff C || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 9|| || || Jeff C || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 16|| Jordan R|| Jordan R|| Jeff C || || Steph M || Erin C|| || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 23|| || ||Jeff C & Molly Z || Molly Z || Steph M ||Melissa K + Erin C || not available ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 1|| || not available || Molly Z || Molly Z || Steph M || Melissa K || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 8|| || ||Zack M || Zack M|| || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 15|| Spring||Break ||No ||Collections ||Work ||GO || BIRDING! ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 22|| || ||Zack M ||Zack M || || Melissa K + Erin C|| ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 29|| || || || || || Melissa K + Erin C || ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 5|| |||| || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 12|| || || || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 19|| || || || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 26|| || || |||| || || ||<br />
|-<br />
|-} <br />
<br />
<br />
[[Category:EEB Courses]]</div>Christopher Fieldhttp://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=Ornithology_Laboratory&diff=20935Ornithology Laboratory2012-02-16T13:56:28Z<p>Christopher Field: </p>
<hr />
<div>{|align=right<br />
|__TOC__<br />
|}<br />
[[Image:Wesahead.JPG|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
<br />
''Western Sandpiper; drawing copyright Bridget Keimel''<br />
<br />
== Basic Course Information == <br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large">EEB 4261</span><br><br />
<br />
'''Spring 2012''' <br />
<br />
'''Meets:''' Fridays, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m, TLS 371<br />
<br />
'''Instructor:''' '''[mailto:margaret.rubega@uconn.edu Dr. Margaret Rubega]'''<br> <br />
'''Office:''' PharmBio 500 '''Phone:''' 486-4502<br> <br />
'''Office Hours:''' By appointment<br><br />
<br />
<font color= "#FF0000">Your emails to me '''MUST contain the phrase "EEB 4261” in the subject line;''' email received without that phrase, and especially those with a blank subject line, will be DELETED, unread.</font><br />
<br />
'''Teaching Assistant:''' '''[mailto:christopher.field@uconn.edu Chris Field]'''<br><br />
'''Office:''' PharmBio 310 '''Phone:''' 486-3005 <br> <br />
'''Office Hours:''' Wed. 12-2, or by appointment<br><br />
<br />
== Required Texts ==<br />
<br />
MANUAL OF ORNITHOLOGY (Yale Univ.), by N.S. Proctor and P.J. Lynch<br />
<br />
BIRDS OF STORRS (Natchaug Ornithological Society) by G.A. Clark, Jr.<br />
<br />
SIBLEY GUIDE TO BIRDS (Knopf), by D.A. Sibley.(Eastern or North American Edition)<br />
<br />
== Class Schedule ==<br />
<br />
(<font color= "#FF0000">very</font> subject to change; check back before every lab)<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2"<br />
!width="75"|Date<br />
!width="350"|Required Reading<br />
!width="350"|Subject <br />
!width="300"|Meeting notes, and other resources <br />
|- <br />
| Jan 20 ||P & L p. 274-281,286-287; Sibley p. 9-14; Clark p. 1-19 || Tools of the trade: Optics, Field Guides, Field Notes and Journals || Come dressed and ready to bird; meet in TLS 371<br />
|- <br />
| Jan 27 || P & L p. 22-37, 47-65, 263-265; Sibley p. 15-21; Clark p. 21-40/ P & L p. 66-77 || North American bird Orders; Topography and Field Marks; Feet, Beaks and Body Form; Opportunities in Ornithology || Bring P & L to class; meet in TLS 371<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 3 || Handouts || Tour of Mansfield birding spots ||<br />
|-<br />
| Feb 10 || Handouts|| Specimen preparation demonstration|| Come dressed to bird<br />
|-<br />
| Feb 17 || P & L p. 81-105 || Feathers & Aerodynamics || <br />
|- <br />
| Feb 24 || P & L Chapters 6 & 7, 205-209, 219-226|| Anatomy: musculature and internal organs || NO BIRDING - we will need the whole class period for dissections. '''Bring your Proctor and Lynch to class!'''<br />
|-<br />
| March 2|| P & L Chap. 5 || Anatomy - Skeletons || Check for weather, and come dressed to bird <br />
|- <br />
| March 9 || || '''MIDTERM EXAM'''; ''birding after''|| <br />
|- <br />
| March 16 || ||NO CLASS - SPRING BREAK - GO BIRDING! || <br />
|- <br />
| March 23 ||Handouts ||Field Techniques: Survey methods || <br />
|- <br />
| March 30|| Proctor & Lynch p. 266-273 || Weather and Bird Movements: Go Outside to EXPERIENCE both! || [http://woodcreeper.com Monitor bird movements with Dave LaPuma!] [http://virtual.clemson.edu/groups/birdrad/ Clemson University Radar Ornithology Lab] [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/5/5d/Weather_lab.pdf Birds and Weather worksheet]<br />
|- <br />
| April 6 || || Bird, Bird, Bird – outside all four hours || <br />
|- <br />
| April 13 || Handouts || Field Techniques: Behavioral observations || <br />
|- <br />
| April 20|| || Bird, Bird, Bird – outside all four hours|| <br />
|- <br />
| April 27|| || Bird, Bird, Bird - outside all four hours||<br />
|- <br />
| April 30 ||'''8:00 – 10:00 am'''|| '''FINAL EXAM in TLS 371'''||<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Grading ==<br />
<br />
Grading in this course is done on a straight percentage-of-points basis, i.e., to obtain an A, you need to earn 90% or more of the available points. <font color= "#FF0000">The grades will '''not''' be "curved", and there will be '''no''' opportunities for "make-up" or "extra-credit" points.</font> Attendance on the field trips is '''required'''. If you miss a field trip, you lose 5 points. If you miss a test, you will receive a score of zero. If you have a legitimate reason (for example, a death in your family) to miss a field trip or test, you may be excused (at the discretion of the instructors) IF AND ONLY IF you provide written documentation (for example, an obituary documenting a death in your family) within one week of missing the class or test. In cases where the instructors determine you have a legitimate excuse, there still will be no make-ups administered: you will be graded only on the basis of the points contained in the field trips and tests you did complete. NOTE that this method reduces the number of points you can afford to lose and still do well in the course. <br />
<br />
SICK? First, do your level best to let us know before the field trip/class exercise/test. Second, if you are sick, believe us when we say that we don't want to see you in lab --- please be responsible, and don't spread germs by coming to class with a fever, or hacking and coughing. For illnesses, we pro-rate your grade on the basis of the point-bearing exercises you didn't miss. If you are sick for the final YOU MUST INFORM THE OFFICE OF STUDENT SERVICES in order to be allowed to take a make-up after final exam week is over. '''The final exam is the only point-bearing exercise for which a make-up is possible.''' <br />
<br />
These policies have been developed over years of teaching this and other courses, and are designed to ensure fair treatment of everyone by eliminating discrepancies in testing and evaluation, and by eliminating differences in the amount of field and study time available to students. I am very willing to discuss my reasoning for these policies, but if you try to talk me into making an exception to them for you, you will fail, and probably make me grumpy to boot.<br />
<br />
== Point Structure for Grading ==<br />
<br />
'''COURSE POINT TOTAL 300 POINTS''' <br />
<br />
'''Test 1:''' 60 points, March 9 <br />
<br />
'''Final:''' 60 points, April 30<br />
<br />
'''Field Notebook:''' 30 points<br />
<br />
'''Worksheets/Quizzes''' 50 points (5 at 10 points each)<br />
<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/f/f6/Independent_observation_guidelines.pdf '''Independent Field Observations:'''] 35 points<br />
<br />
SEE: [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/c/c5/Ebird_Setup_Document.pdf Ebird Set-up Document] and [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/7/7f/POINT_COUNT_PROTOCOL.pdf Point Count Protocol] and [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/6/62/Point_Count_Datasheet.pdf Point Count Datasheet] and<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/3/38/Point_count_example.pdf Point Count Example]. <br />
<br />
Independent Field Observation Locations: [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/4/40/Heep_Site_Map.pdf Map of Hillside Environmental Education Project]or [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=208276875179231289772.0004b684a244c6b18ade9&msa=0 View the locations on Google Earth/Maps]<br />
<br />
'''Field Trips:''' 45 points (Field trips are required: you ''lose'' 5 points for every missed trip. Note that field trips are VERY subject to change, depending on birds, weather, circumstances, and whim. Don't assume you know what you are going to miss!)<br />
<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/department/collections/index.html '''Collections'''] '''Work:''' 20 points (4 hours at 5 points per hour).<br />
<br />
You are also expected to keep a [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/f/fe/Field_Notebook_Guidelines.pdf '''Field Notebook.'''] Notebooks will be collected for grading, at random, throughout the course of the semester. You will earn up to a maximum of 30 points for your notebooks (no more than 10 points per grading event); '''you may not begin work on your independent observations until you have earned at least 20 points on your notebook'''.<br />
<br />
== Academic Rules/Conduct ==<br />
<br />
All students should be aware of the guidelines on academic integrity contained in the Student Conduct Code. The Conduct Code is available at http://www.dosa.uconn.edu/student_conduct.html.<br />
<br />
== Questions ==<br />
<br />
''If you have questions, by all means collar me or email me and ask. I will post both the questions (questioners will be anonymous) and answers here. <br />
''<br />
== Useful and Amusing Links ==<br />
<br />
===Online field guides===<br />
<br />
[http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/ Bird songs online!]<br />
<br />
[http://www.lab.fws.gov/featheratlas/ Feather Identification Resource Online!] The Feather Atlas of North American Birds provided high-resolution scans of flight feathers of the major groups of birds; useful for comparison with found feathers whose origin you aren't sure of. <br />
<br />
===Field guide apps===<br />
<br />
[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/22/technology/personaltech/22smart.html An article from the NY Times on smart phone apps for birding]<br />
<br />
[http://ibird.com/compare.aspx A feature comparison of various bird guide apps, inlcuding Sibley, Peterson, NatGeo, and iBird]<br />
<br />
[http://blog.aba.org/2011/10/digital-bird-song-identification-a-reality.html#comments A forthcoming app for automatically IDing bird song in the field]<br />
<br />
===Apps for finding birds===<br />
[http://www.getbirdseye.com/ Cornell's BirdsEye app (for finding recent sightings using the eBird database)]<br />
<br />
[http://ictbirds.wordpress.com/ iCTBirds: an app for finding birds in CT using the Connecticut Ornithological Association's CTBirds listserv]<br />
<br />
[http://www.ctbirdtrends.org/storrssightings.html A webpage that shows recent sightings from birding hotspots around Storrs (for free!), using the eBird database]<br />
<br />
===Bird blogs===<br />
<br />
[http://www.sibleyguides.com/ David Sibley's Blog], wherein the field guide guy riffs mostly on the finer and philosophical points of bird identification, and reports his experiments in window treatments to prevent bird strikes. <br />
<br />
[http://www.surfbirds.com/community-blogs/mbalame/2008/03/13/when-bad-photos-happen-to-good-birds/ North Coast (Oregon) Diaries] Comments on photo documentation versus detailed notes. See also the March 2, 2008 post on Ugly Gulls (browse Main calendar).<br />
<br />
===Jobs in Ornithology===<br />
<br />
[http://www.osnabirds.org/on/ornjobs.htm Jobs in Ornithology], the job board for the Ornithological Societies of North America. THE central clearing house for field research internships and jobs. <br />
<br />
[http://listserv.umd.edu/archives/ecolog-l.html ECOLOG-L listserve postings] Job postings, other miscellaneous information and discussions about field ecology.<br />
<br />
[http://beardsleyzoo.org/volunteer-gi1 CT Beardsley Zoo Summer Internships]<br />
<br />
== Collections Work Hours Sign Up ==<br />
<br />
'''Vertebrate Collections Manager:''' Sue Hochgraf susan.hochgraf@uconn.edu 86-486-8945<br />
<br />
To sign-up, let Dr. Rubega or Chris know which date/hours you would like to work; refer here to see hours already taken. No more than 2 students in an hour block simultaneously, unless Sue Hochgraf approves it.<br />
<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2"<br />
!width="85"|Date<br />
!width="85"|9 am<br />
!width="85"|10 am <br />
!width="85"|11 am <br />
!width="85"|12 pm <br />
(can only be worked consecutively after an 11 am block)<br />
!width="85"|1 pm<br />
!width="85"|2 pm<br />
!width="85"|3 pm<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 2 || || ||Jeff C || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 9|| || || Jeff C || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 16|| Jordan R|| Jordan R|| || Jeff C || Steph M || Erin C|| || X not avail X ||<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 23|| || ||Jeff C & Molly Z || Molly Z || ||Melissa K + Erin C || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 1|| || || Molly Z || Molly Z || || Melissa K || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 8|| || ||Zack M || Zack M|| || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 15|| Spring||Break ||No ||Collections ||Work ||! || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 22|| || ||Zack M ||Zack M || || Melissa K + Erin C|| ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 29|| || || || || || Melissa K + Erin C || ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 5|| |||| || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 12|| || || || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 19|| || || || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 26|| || || |||| || || ||<br />
|-<br />
|-} <br />
<br />
<br />
[[Category:EEB Courses]]</div>Christopher Fieldhttp://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=Ornithology_Laboratory&diff=20907Ornithology Laboratory2012-02-14T20:13:38Z<p>Christopher Field: </p>
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<br />
''Western Sandpiper; drawing copyright Bridget Keimel''<br />
<br />
== Basic Course Information == <br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large">EEB 4261</span><br><br />
<br />
'''Spring 2012''' <br />
<br />
'''Meets:''' Fridays, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m, TLS 371<br />
<br />
'''Instructor:''' '''[mailto:margaret.rubega@uconn.edu Dr. Margaret Rubega]'''<br> <br />
'''Office:''' PharmBio 500 '''Phone:''' 486-4502<br> <br />
'''Office Hours:''' By appointment<br><br />
<br />
<font color= "#FF0000">Your emails to me '''MUST contain the phrase "EEB 4261” in the subject line;''' email received without that phrase, and especially those with a blank subject line, will be DELETED, unread.</font><br />
<br />
'''Teaching Assistant:''' '''[mailto:christopher.field@uconn.edu Chris Field]'''<br><br />
'''Office:''' PharmBio 310 '''Phone:''' 486-3005 <br> <br />
'''Office Hours:''' Wed. 12-2, or by appointment<br><br />
<br />
== Required Texts ==<br />
<br />
MANUAL OF ORNITHOLOGY (Yale Univ.), by N.S. Proctor and P.J. Lynch<br />
<br />
BIRDS OF STORRS (Natchaug Ornithological Society) by G.A. Clark, Jr.<br />
<br />
SIBLEY GUIDE TO BIRDS (Knopf), by D.A. Sibley.(Eastern or North American Edition)<br />
<br />
== Class Schedule ==<br />
<br />
(<font color= "#FF0000">very</font> subject to change; check back before every lab)<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2"<br />
!width="75"|Date<br />
!width="350"|Required Reading<br />
!width="350"|Subject <br />
!width="300"|Meeting notes, and other resources <br />
|- <br />
| Jan 20 ||P & L p. 274-281,286-287; Sibley p. 9-14; Clark p. 1-19 || Tools of the trade: Optics, Field Guides, Field Notes and Journals || Come dressed and ready to bird; meet in TLS 371<br />
|- <br />
| Jan 27 || P & L p. 22-37, 47-65, 263-265; Sibley p. 15-21; Clark p. 21-40/ P & L p. 66-77 || North American bird Orders; Topography and Field Marks; Feet, Beaks and Body Form; Opportunities in Ornithology || Bring P & L to class; meet in TLS 371<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 3 || Handouts || Tour of Mansfield birding spots ||<br />
|-<br />
| Feb 10 || Handouts|| Specimen preparation demonstration|| Come dressed to bird<br />
|-<br />
| Feb 17 || P & L p. 81-105 || Feathers & Aerodynamics || <br />
|- <br />
| Feb 24 || P & L Chapters 6 & 7, 205-209, 219-226|| Anatomy: musculature and internal organs || NO BIRDING - we will need the whole class period for dissections. '''Bring your Proctor and Lynch to class!'''<br />
|-<br />
| March 2|| P & L Chap. 5 || Anatomy - Skeletons || Check for weather, and come dressed to bird <br />
|- <br />
| March 9 || || '''MIDTERM EXAM'''; ''birding after''|| <br />
|- <br />
| March 16 || ||NO CLASS - SPRING BREAK - GO BIRDING! || <br />
|- <br />
| March 23 ||Handouts ||Field Techniques: Survey methods || <br />
|- <br />
| March 30|| Proctor & Lynch p. 266-273 || Weather and Bird Movements: Go Outside to EXPERIENCE both! || [http://woodcreeper.com Monitor bird movements with Dave LaPuma!] [http://virtual.clemson.edu/groups/birdrad/ Clemson University Radar Ornithology Lab] [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/5/5d/Weather_lab.pdf Birds and Weather worksheet]<br />
|- <br />
| April 6 || || Bird, Bird, Bird – outside all four hours || <br />
|- <br />
| April 13 || Handouts || Field Techniques: Behavioral observations || <br />
|- <br />
| April 20|| || Bird, Bird, Bird – outside all four hours|| <br />
|- <br />
| April 27|| || Bird, Bird, Bird - outside all four hours||<br />
|- <br />
| April 30 ||'''8:00 – 10:00 am'''|| '''FINAL EXAM in TLS 371'''||<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Grading ==<br />
<br />
Grading in this course is done on a straight percentage-of-points basis, i.e., to obtain an A, you need to earn 90% or more of the available points. <font color= "#FF0000">The grades will '''not''' be "curved", and there will be '''no''' opportunities for "make-up" or "extra-credit" points.</font> Attendance on the field trips is '''required'''. If you miss a field trip, you lose 5 points. If you miss a test, you will receive a score of zero. If you have a legitimate reason (for example, a death in your family) to miss a field trip or test, you may be excused (at the discretion of the instructors) IF AND ONLY IF you provide written documentation (for example, an obituary documenting a death in your family) within one week of missing the class or test. In cases where the instructors determine you have a legitimate excuse, there still will be no make-ups administered: you will be graded only on the basis of the points contained in the field trips and tests you did complete. NOTE that this method reduces the number of points you can afford to lose and still do well in the course. <br />
<br />
SICK? First, do your level best to let us know before the field trip/class exercise/test. Second, if you are sick, believe us when we say that we don't want to see you in lab --- please be responsible, and don't spread germs by coming to class with a fever, or hacking and coughing. For illnesses, we pro-rate your grade on the basis of the point-bearing exercises you didn't miss. If you are sick for the final YOU MUST INFORM THE OFFICE OF STUDENT SERVICES in order to be allowed to take a make-up after final exam week is over. '''The final exam is the only point-bearing exercise for which a make-up is possible.''' <br />
<br />
These policies have been developed over years of teaching this and other courses, and are designed to ensure fair treatment of everyone by eliminating discrepancies in testing and evaluation, and by eliminating differences in the amount of field and study time available to students. I am very willing to discuss my reasoning for these policies, but if you try to talk me into making an exception to them for you, you will fail, and probably make me grumpy to boot.<br />
<br />
== Point Structure for Grading ==<br />
<br />
'''COURSE POINT TOTAL 300 POINTS''' <br />
<br />
'''Test 1:''' 60 points, March 9 <br />
<br />
'''Final:''' 60 points, April 30<br />
<br />
'''Field Notebook:''' 30 points<br />
<br />
'''Worksheets/Quizzes''' 50 points (5 at 10 points each)<br />
<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/f/f6/Independent_observation_guidelines.pdf '''Independent Field Observations:'''] 35 points<br />
<br />
SEE: [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/c/c5/Ebird_Setup_Document.pdf Ebird Set-up Document] and [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/7/7f/POINT_COUNT_PROTOCOL.pdf Point Count Protocol] and [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/6/62/Point_Count_Datasheet.pdf Point Count Datasheet] and<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/3/38/Point_count_example.pdf Point Count Example]. <br />
<br />
Independent Field Observation Locations: [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/4/40/Heep_Site_Map.pdf Map of Hillside Environmental Education Project]or [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=208276875179231289772.0004b684a244c6b18ade9&msa=0 View the locations on Google Earth/Maps]<br />
<br />
'''Field Trips:''' 45 points (Field trips are required: you ''lose'' 5 points for every missed trip. Note that field trips are VERY subject to change, depending on birds, weather, circumstances, and whim. Don't assume you know what you are going to miss!)<br />
<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/department/collections/index.html '''Collections'''] '''Work:''' 20 points (4 hours at 5 points per hour).<br />
<br />
You are also expected to keep a [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/f/fe/Field_Notebook_Guidelines.pdf '''Field Notebook.'''] Notebooks will be collected for grading, at random, throughout the course of the semester. You will earn up to a maximum of 30 points for your notebooks (no more than 10 points per grading event); '''you may not begin work on your independent observations until you have earned at least 20 points on your notebook'''.<br />
<br />
== Academic Rules/Conduct ==<br />
<br />
All students should be aware of the guidelines on academic integrity contained in the Student Conduct Code. The Conduct Code is available at http://www.dosa.uconn.edu/student_conduct.html.<br />
<br />
== Questions ==<br />
<br />
''If you have questions, by all means collar me or email me and ask. I will post both the questions (questioners will be anonymous) and answers here. <br />
''<br />
== Useful and Amusing Links ==<br />
<br />
===Online field guides===<br />
<br />
[http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/ Bird songs online!]<br />
<br />
[http://www.lab.fws.gov/featheratlas/ Feather Identification Resource Online!] The Feather Atlas of North American Birds provided high-resolution scans of flight feathers of the major groups of birds; useful for comparison with found feathers whose origin you aren't sure of. <br />
<br />
===Field guide apps===<br />
<br />
[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/22/technology/personaltech/22smart.html An article from the NY Times on smart phone apps for birding]<br />
<br />
[http://ibird.com/compare.aspx A feature comparison of various bird guide apps, inlcuding Sibley, Peterson, NatGeo, and iBird]<br />
<br />
[http://blog.aba.org/2011/10/digital-bird-song-identification-a-reality.html#comments A forthcoming app for automatically IDing bird song in the field]<br />
<br />
===Apps for finding birds===<br />
[http://www.getbirdseye.com/ Cornell's BirdsEye app (for finding recent sightings using the eBird database)]<br />
<br />
[http://ictbirds.wordpress.com/ iCTBirds: an app for finding birds in CT using the Connecticut Ornithological Association's CTBirds listserv]<br />
<br />
[http://www.ctbirdtrends.org/storrssightings.html A webpage that shows recent sightings from birding hotspots around Storrs (for free!), using the eBird database]<br />
<br />
===Bird blogs===<br />
<br />
[http://www.sibleyguides.com/ David Sibley's Blog], wherein the field guide guy riffs mostly on the finer and philosophical points of bird identification, and reports his experiments in window treatments to prevent bird strikes. <br />
<br />
[http://www.surfbirds.com/community-blogs/mbalame/2008/03/13/when-bad-photos-happen-to-good-birds/ North Coast (Oregon) Diaries] Comments on photo documentation versus detailed notes. See also the March 2, 2008 post on Ugly Gulls (browse Main calendar).<br />
<br />
===Jobs in Ornithology===<br />
<br />
[http://www.osnabirds.org/on/ornjobs.htm Jobs in Ornithology], the job board for the Ornithological Societies of North America. THE central clearing house for field research internships and jobs. <br />
<br />
[http://listserv.umd.edu/archives/ecolog-l.html ECOLOG-L listserve postings] Job postings, other miscellaneous information and discussions about field ecology.<br />
<br />
[http://beardsleyzoo.org/volunteer-gi1 CT Beardsley Zoo Summer Internships]<br />
<br />
== Collections Work Hours Sign Up ==<br />
<br />
'''Vertebrate Collections Manager:''' Sue Hochgraf susan.hochgraf@uconn.edu 86-486-8945<br />
<br />
To sign-up, let Dr. Rubega or Chris know which date/hours you would like to work; refer here to see hours already taken. No more than 2 students in an hour block simultaneously, unless Sue Hochgraf approves it.<br />
<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2"<br />
!width="85"|Date<br />
!width="85"|9 am<br />
!width="85"|10 am <br />
!width="85"|11 am <br />
!width="85"|12 pm <br />
(can only be worked consecutively after an 11 am block)<br />
!width="85"|1 pm<br />
!width="85"|2 pm<br />
!width="85"|3 pm<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 2 || || ||Jeff C || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 9|| || || Jeff C || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 16|| Jordan R|| Jordan R|| || Jeff C || || Erin C|| || X not avail X ||<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 23|| || ||Jeff C & Molly Z || Molly Z || ||Melissa K + Erin C || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 1|| || || Molly Z || Molly Z || || Melissa K || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 8|| || ||Zack M || Zack M|| || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 15|| Spring||Break ||No ||Collections ||Work ||! || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 22|| || ||Zack M ||Zack M || || Melissa K + Erin C|| ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 29|| || || || || || Melissa K + Erin C || ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 5|| |||| || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 12|| || || || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 19|| || || || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 26|| || || |||| || || ||<br />
|-<br />
|-} <br />
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[[Category:EEB Courses]]</div>Christopher Fieldhttp://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=Ornithology_Laboratory&diff=20905Ornithology Laboratory2012-02-14T20:11:50Z<p>Christopher Field: </p>
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[[Image:Wesahead.JPG|thumb|left]]<br />
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<br />
''Western Sandpiper; drawing copyright Bridget Keimel''<br />
<br />
== Basic Course Information == <br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large">EEB 4261</span><br><br />
<br />
'''Spring 2012''' <br />
<br />
'''Meets:''' Fridays, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m, TLS 371<br />
<br />
'''Instructor:''' '''[mailto:margaret.rubega@uconn.edu Dr. Margaret Rubega]'''<br> <br />
'''Office:''' PharmBio 500 '''Phone:''' 486-4502<br> <br />
'''Office Hours:''' By appointment<br><br />
<br />
<font color= "#FF0000">Your emails to me '''MUST contain the phrase "EEB 4261” in the subject line;''' email received without that phrase, and especially those with a blank subject line, will be DELETED, unread.</font><br />
<br />
'''Teaching Assistant:''' '''[mailto:christopher.field@uconn.edu Chris Field]'''<br><br />
'''Office:''' PharmBio 310 '''Phone:''' 486-3005 <br> <br />
'''Office Hours:''' Wed. 12-2, or by appointment<br><br />
<br />
== Required Texts ==<br />
<br />
MANUAL OF ORNITHOLOGY (Yale Univ.), by N.S. Proctor and P.J. Lynch<br />
<br />
BIRDS OF STORRS (Natchaug Ornithological Society) by G.A. Clark, Jr.<br />
<br />
SIBLEY GUIDE TO BIRDS (Knopf), by D.A. Sibley.(Eastern or North American Edition)<br />
<br />
== Class Schedule ==<br />
<br />
(<font color= "#FF0000">very</font> subject to change; check back before every lab)<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2"<br />
!width="75"|Date<br />
!width="350"|Required Reading<br />
!width="350"|Subject <br />
!width="300"|Meeting notes, and other resources <br />
|- <br />
| Jan 20 ||P & L p. 274-281,286-287; Sibley p. 9-14; Clark p. 1-19 || Tools of the trade: Optics, Field Guides, Field Notes and Journals || Come dressed and ready to bird; meet in TLS 371<br />
|- <br />
| Jan 27 || P & L p. 22-37, 47-65, 263-265; Sibley p. 15-21; Clark p. 21-40/ P & L p. 66-77 || North American bird Orders; Topography and Field Marks; Feet, Beaks and Body Form; Opportunities in Ornithology || Bring P & L to class; meet in TLS 371<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 3 || Handouts || Tour of Mansfield birding spots ||<br />
|-<br />
| Feb 10 || Handouts|| Specimen preparation demonstration|| Come dressed to bird<br />
|-<br />
| Feb 17 || P & L p. 81-105 || Feathers & Aerodynamics || <br />
|- <br />
| Feb 24 || P & L Chapters 6 & 7, 205-209, 219-226|| Anatomy: musculature and internal organs || NO BIRDING - we will need the whole class period for dissections. '''Bring your Proctor and Lynch to class!'''<br />
|-<br />
| March 2|| P & L Chap. 5 || Anatomy - Skeletons || Check for weather, and come dressed to bird <br />
|- <br />
| March 9 || || '''MIDTERM EXAM'''; ''birding after''|| <br />
|- <br />
| March 16 || ||NO CLASS - SPRING BREAK - GO BIRDING! || <br />
|- <br />
| March 23 ||Handouts ||Field Techniques: Survey methods || <br />
|- <br />
| March 30|| Proctor & Lynch p. 266-273 || Weather and Bird Movements: Go Outside to EXPERIENCE both! || [http://woodcreeper.com Monitor bird movements with Dave LaPuma!] [http://virtual.clemson.edu/groups/birdrad/ Clemson University Radar Ornithology Lab] [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/5/5d/Weather_lab.pdf Birds and Weather worksheet]<br />
|- <br />
| April 6 || || Bird, Bird, Bird – outside all four hours || <br />
|- <br />
| April 13 || Handouts || Field Techniques: Behavioral observations || <br />
|- <br />
| April 20|| || Bird, Bird, Bird – outside all four hours|| <br />
|- <br />
| April 27|| || Bird, Bird, Bird - outside all four hours||<br />
|- <br />
| April 30 ||'''8:00 – 10:00 am'''|| '''FINAL EXAM in TLS 371'''||<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Grading ==<br />
<br />
Grading in this course is done on a straight percentage-of-points basis, i.e., to obtain an A, you need to earn 90% or more of the available points. <font color= "#FF0000">The grades will '''not''' be "curved", and there will be '''no''' opportunities for "make-up" or "extra-credit" points.</font> Attendance on the field trips is '''required'''. If you miss a field trip, you lose 5 points. If you miss a test, you will receive a score of zero. If you have a legitimate reason (for example, a death in your family) to miss a field trip or test, you may be excused (at the discretion of the instructors) IF AND ONLY IF you provide written documentation (for example, an obituary documenting a death in your family) within one week of missing the class or test. In cases where the instructors determine you have a legitimate excuse, there still will be no make-ups administered: you will be graded only on the basis of the points contained in the field trips and tests you did complete. NOTE that this method reduces the number of points you can afford to lose and still do well in the course. <br />
<br />
SICK? First, do your level best to let us know before the field trip/class exercise/test. Second, if you are sick, believe us when we say that we don't want to see you in lab --- please be responsible, and don't spread germs by coming to class with a fever, or hacking and coughing. For illnesses, we pro-rate your grade on the basis of the point-bearing exercises you didn't miss. If you are sick for the final YOU MUST INFORM THE OFFICE OF STUDENT SERVICES in order to be allowed to take a make-up after final exam week is over. '''The final exam is the only point-bearing exercise for which a make-up is possible.''' <br />
<br />
These policies have been developed over years of teaching this and other courses, and are designed to ensure fair treatment of everyone by eliminating discrepancies in testing and evaluation, and by eliminating differences in the amount of field and study time available to students. I am very willing to discuss my reasoning for these policies, but if you try to talk me into making an exception to them for you, you will fail, and probably make me grumpy to boot.<br />
<br />
== Point Structure for Grading ==<br />
<br />
'''COURSE POINT TOTAL 300 POINTS''' <br />
<br />
'''Test 1:''' 60 points, March 9 <br />
<br />
'''Final:''' 60 points, April 30<br />
<br />
'''Field Notebook:''' 30 points<br />
<br />
'''Worksheets/Quizzes''' 50 points (5 at 10 points each)<br />
<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/f/f6/Independent_observation_guidelines.pdf '''Independent Field Observations:'''] 35 points<br />
<br />
SEE: [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/c/c5/Ebird_Setup_Document.pdf Ebird Set-up Document] and [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/7/7f/POINT_COUNT_PROTOCOL.pdf Point Count Protocol] and [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/6/62/Point_Count_Datasheet.pdf Point Count Datasheet] and<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/3/38/Point_count_example.pdf Point Count Example]. <br />
<br />
Independent Field Observation Locations: [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/4/40/Heep_Site_Map.pdf Map of Hillside Environmental Education Project]or [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=208276875179231289772.0004b684a244c6b18ade9&msa=0 View the locations on Google Earth/Maps]<br />
<br />
'''Field Trips:''' 45 points (Field trips are required: you ''lose'' 5 points for every missed trip. Note that field trips are VERY subject to change, depending on birds, weather, circumstances, and whim. Don't assume you know what you are going to miss!)<br />
<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/department/collections/index.html '''Collections'''] '''Work:''' 20 points (4 hours at 5 points per hour).<br />
<br />
You are also expected to keep a [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/f/fe/Field_Notebook_Guidelines.pdf '''Field Notebook.'''] Notebooks will be collected for grading, at random, throughout the course of the semester. You will earn up to a maximum of 30 points for your notebooks (no more than 10 points per grading event); '''you may not begin work on your independent observations until you have earned at least 20 points on your notebook'''.<br />
<br />
== Academic Rules/Conduct ==<br />
<br />
All students should be aware of the guidelines on academic integrity contained in the Student Conduct Code. The Conduct Code is available at http://www.dosa.uconn.edu/student_conduct.html.<br />
<br />
== Questions ==<br />
<br />
''If you have questions, by all means collar me or email me and ask. I will post both the questions (questioners will be anonymous) and answers here. <br />
''<br />
== Useful and Amusing Links ==<br />
<br />
===Online field guides===<br />
<br />
[http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/ Bird songs online!]<br />
<br />
[http://www.lab.fws.gov/featheratlas/ Feather Identification Resource Online!] The Feather Atlas of North American Birds provided high-resolution scans of flight feathers of the major groups of birds; useful for comparison with found feathers whose origin you aren't sure of. <br />
<br />
===Field guide apps===<br />
<br />
[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/22/technology/personaltech/22smart.html An article from the NY Times on smart phone apps for birding]<br />
<br />
[http://ibird.com/compare.aspx A feature comparison of various bird guide apps, inlcuding Sibley, Peterson, NatGeo, and iBird]<br />
<br />
[http://blog.aba.org/2011/10/digital-bird-song-identification-a-reality.html#comments A forthcoming app for automatically IDing bird song in the field]<br />
<br />
===Apps for finding birds===<br />
[http://www.getbirdseye.com/ Cornell's BirdsEye app (for finding recent sightings using the eBird database)]<br />
<br />
[http://ictbirds.wordpress.com/ iCTBirds: an app for finding birds in CT using the Connecticut Ornithological Association's CTBirds listserv]<br />
<br />
[http://www.ctbirdtrends.org/storrssightings.html A webpage that shows recent sightings from birding hotspots around Storrs (for free!), using the eBird database]<br />
<br />
===Bird blogs===<br />
<br />
[http://www.sibleyguides.com/ David Sibley's Blog], wherein the field guide guy riffs mostly on the finer and philosophical points of bird identification, and reports his experiments in window treatments to prevent bird strikes. <br />
<br />
[http://www.surfbirds.com/community-blogs/mbalame/2008/03/13/when-bad-photos-happen-to-good-birds/ North Coast (Oregon) Diaries] Comments on photo documentation versus detailed notes. See also the March 2, 2008 post on Ugly Gulls (browse Main calendar).<br />
<br />
===Jobs in Ornithology===<br />
<br />
[http://www.osnabirds.org/on/ornjobs.htm Jobs in Ornithology], the job board for the Ornithological Societies of North America. THE central clearing house for field research internships and jobs. <br />
<br />
[http://listserv.umd.edu/archives/ecolog-l.html ECOLOG-L listserve postings] Job postings, other miscellaneous information and discussions about field ecology.<br />
<br />
[http://beardsleyzoo.org/volunteer-gi1 CT Beardsley Zoo Summer Internships]<br />
<br />
== Collections Work Hours Sign Up ==<br />
<br />
'''Vertebrate Collections Manager:''' Sue Hochgraf susan.hochgraf@uconn.edu 86-486-8945<br />
<br />
To sign-up, let Dr. Rubega or Chris know which date/hours you would like to work; refer here to see hours already taken. No more than 2 students in an hour block simultaneously, unless Sue Hochgraf approves it.<br />
<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2"<br />
!width="85"|Date<br />
!width="85"|9 am<br />
!width="85"|10 am <br />
!width="85"|11 am <br />
!width="85"|12 pm <br />
(can only be worked consecutively after an 11 am block)<br />
!width="85"|1 pm<br />
!width="85"|2 pm<br />
!width="85"|3 pm<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 2 || || ||Jeff C || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 9|| || || Jeff C || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 16|| Jordan R|| Jordan R|| || Jeff C || || || || X not avail X ||<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 23|| || ||Jeff C & Molly Z || Molly Z || ||Melissa K || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 1|| || || Molly Z || Molly Z || || Melissa K || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 8|| || ||Zack M || Zack M|| || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 15|| Spring||Break ||No ||Collections ||Work ||! || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 22|| || ||Zack M ||Zack M || || Melissa K || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 29|| || || || || || Melissa K || ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 5|| |||| || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 12|| || || || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 19|| || || || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 26|| || || |||| || || ||<br />
|-<br />
|-} <br />
<br />
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[[Category:EEB Courses]]</div>Christopher Fieldhttp://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=Ornithology_Laboratory&diff=20857Ornithology Laboratory2012-02-13T21:03:17Z<p>Christopher Field: </p>
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|}<br />
[[Image:Wesahead.JPG|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
<br />
''Western Sandpiper; drawing copyright Bridget Keimel''<br />
<br />
== Basic Course Information == <br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large">EEB 4261</span><br><br />
<br />
'''Spring 2012''' <br />
<br />
'''Meets:''' Fridays, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m, TLS 371<br />
<br />
'''Instructor:''' '''[mailto:margaret.rubega@uconn.edu Dr. Margaret Rubega]'''<br> <br />
'''Office:''' PharmBio 500 '''Phone:''' 486-4502<br> <br />
'''Office Hours:''' By appointment<br><br />
<br />
<font color= "#FF0000">Your emails to me '''MUST contain the phrase "EEB 4261” in the subject line;''' email received without that phrase, and especially those with a blank subject line, will be DELETED, unread.</font><br />
<br />
'''Teaching Assistant:''' '''[mailto:christopher.field@uconn.edu Chris Field]'''<br><br />
'''Office:''' PharmBio 310 '''Phone:''' 486-3005 <br> <br />
'''Office Hours:''' Wed. 12-2, or by appointment<br><br />
<br />
== Required Texts ==<br />
<br />
MANUAL OF ORNITHOLOGY (Yale Univ.), by N.S. Proctor and P.J. Lynch<br />
<br />
BIRDS OF STORRS (Natchaug Ornithological Society) by G.A. Clark, Jr.<br />
<br />
SIBLEY GUIDE TO BIRDS (Knopf), by D.A. Sibley.(Eastern or North American Edition)<br />
<br />
== Class Schedule ==<br />
<br />
(<font color= "#FF0000">very</font> subject to change; check back before every lab)<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2"<br />
!width="75"|Date<br />
!width="350"|Required Reading<br />
!width="350"|Subject <br />
!width="300"|Meeting notes, and other resources <br />
|- <br />
| Jan 20 ||P & L p. 274-281,286-287; Sibley p. 9-14; Clark p. 1-19 || Tools of the trade: Optics, Field Guides, Field Notes and Journals || Come dressed and ready to bird; meet in TLS 371<br />
|- <br />
| Jan 27 || P & L p. 22-37, 47-65, 263-265; Sibley p. 15-21; Clark p. 21-40/ P & L p. 66-77 || North American bird Orders; Topography and Field Marks; Feet, Beaks and Body Form; Opportunities in Ornithology || Bring P & L to class; meet in TLS 371<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 3 || Handouts || Tour of Mansfield birding spots ||<br />
|-<br />
| Feb 10 || Handouts|| Specimen preparation demonstration|| Come dressed to bird<br />
|-<br />
| Feb 17 || P & L p. 81-105 || Feathers & Aerodynamics || <br />
|- <br />
| Feb 24 || P & L Chapters 6 & 7, 205-209, 219-226|| Anatomy: musculature and internal organs || NO BIRDING - we will need the whole class period for dissections. '''Bring your Proctor and Lynch to class!'''<br />
|-<br />
| March 2|| P & L Chap. 5 || Anatomy - Skeletons || Check for weather, and come dressed to bird <br />
|- <br />
| March 9 || || '''MIDTERM EXAM'''; ''birding after''|| <br />
|- <br />
| March 16 || ||NO CLASS - SPRING BREAK - GO BIRDING! || <br />
|- <br />
| March 23 ||Handouts ||Field Techniques: Survey methods || <br />
|- <br />
| March 30|| Proctor & Lynch p. 266-273 || Weather and Bird Movements: Go Outside to EXPERIENCE both! || [http://woodcreeper.com Monitor bird movements with Dave LaPuma!] [http://virtual.clemson.edu/groups/birdrad/ Clemson University Radar Ornithology Lab] [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/5/5d/Weather_lab.pdf Birds and Weather worksheet]<br />
|- <br />
| April 6 || || Bird, Bird, Bird – outside all four hours || <br />
|- <br />
| April 13 || Handouts || Field Techniques: Behavioral observations || <br />
|- <br />
| April 20|| || Bird, Bird, Bird – outside all four hours|| <br />
|- <br />
| April 27|| || Bird, Bird, Bird - outside all four hours||<br />
|- <br />
| April 30 ||'''8:00 – 10:00 am'''|| '''FINAL EXAM in TLS 371'''||<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Grading ==<br />
<br />
Grading in this course is done on a straight percentage-of-points basis, i.e., to obtain an A, you need to earn 90% or more of the available points. <font color= "#FF0000">The grades will '''not''' be "curved", and there will be '''no''' opportunities for "make-up" or "extra-credit" points.</font> Attendance on the field trips is '''required'''. If you miss a field trip, you lose 5 points. If you miss a test, you will receive a score of zero. If you have a legitimate reason (for example, a death in your family) to miss a field trip or test, you may be excused (at the discretion of the instructors) IF AND ONLY IF you provide written documentation (for example, an obituary documenting a death in your family) within one week of missing the class or test. In cases where the instructors determine you have a legitimate excuse, there still will be no make-ups administered: you will be graded only on the basis of the points contained in the field trips and tests you did complete. NOTE that this method reduces the number of points you can afford to lose and still do well in the course. <br />
<br />
SICK? First, do your level best to let us know before the field trip/class exercise/test. Second, if you are sick, believe us when we say that we don't want to see you in lab --- please be responsible, and don't spread germs by coming to class with a fever, or hacking and coughing. For illnesses, we pro-rate your grade on the basis of the point-bearing exercises you didn't miss. If you are sick for the final YOU MUST INFORM THE OFFICE OF STUDENT SERVICES in order to be allowed to take a make-up after final exam week is over. '''The final exam is the only point-bearing exercise for which a make-up is possible.''' <br />
<br />
These policies have been developed over years of teaching this and other courses, and are designed to ensure fair treatment of everyone by eliminating discrepancies in testing and evaluation, and by eliminating differences in the amount of field and study time available to students. I am very willing to discuss my reasoning for these policies, but if you try to talk me into making an exception to them for you, you will fail, and probably make me grumpy to boot.<br />
<br />
== Point Structure for Grading ==<br />
<br />
'''COURSE POINT TOTAL 300 POINTS''' <br />
<br />
'''Test 1:''' 60 points, March 9 <br />
<br />
'''Final:''' 60 points, April 30<br />
<br />
'''Field Notebook:''' 30 points<br />
<br />
'''Worksheets/Quizzes''' 50 points (5 at 10 points each)<br />
<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/f/f6/Independent_observation_guidelines.pdf '''Independent Field Observations:'''] 35 points<br />
<br />
SEE: [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/c/c5/Ebird_Setup_Document.pdf Ebird Set-up Document] and [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/7/7f/POINT_COUNT_PROTOCOL.pdf Point Count Protocol] and [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/6/62/Point_Count_Datasheet.pdf Point Count Datasheet] and<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/3/38/Point_count_example.pdf Point Count Example]. <br />
<br />
Independent Field Observation Locations: [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/4/40/Heep_Site_Map.pdf Map of Hillside Environmental Education Project]or [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=208276875179231289772.0004b684a244c6b18ade9&msa=0 View the locations on Google Earth/Maps]<br />
<br />
'''Field Trips:''' 45 points (Field trips are required: you ''lose'' 5 points for every missed trip. Note that field trips are VERY subject to change, depending on birds, weather, circumstances, and whim. Don't assume you know what you are going to miss!)<br />
<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/department/collections/index.html '''Collections'''] '''Work:''' 20 points (4 hours at 5 points per hour).<br />
<br />
You are also expected to keep a [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/f/fe/Field_Notebook_Guidelines.pdf '''Field Notebook.'''] Notebooks will be collected for grading, at random, throughout the course of the semester. You will earn up to a maximum of 30 points for your notebooks (no more than 10 points per grading event); '''you may not begin work on your independent observations until you have earned at least 20 points on your notebook'''.<br />
<br />
== Academic Rules/Conduct ==<br />
<br />
All students should be aware of the guidelines on academic integrity contained in the Student Conduct Code. The Conduct Code is available at http://www.dosa.uconn.edu/student_conduct.html.<br />
<br />
== Questions ==<br />
<br />
''If you have questions, by all means collar me or email me and ask. I will post both the questions (questioners will be anonymous) and answers here. <br />
''<br />
== Useful and Amusing Links ==<br />
<br />
===Online field guides===<br />
<br />
[http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/ Bird songs online!]<br />
<br />
[http://www.lab.fws.gov/featheratlas/ Feather Identification Resource Online!] The Feather Atlas of North American Birds provided high-resolution scans of flight feathers of the major groups of birds; useful for comparison with found feathers whose origin you aren't sure of. <br />
<br />
===Field guide apps===<br />
<br />
[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/22/technology/personaltech/22smart.html An article from the NY Times on smart phone apps for birding]<br />
<br />
[http://ibird.com/compare.aspx A feature comparison of various bird guide apps, inlcuding Sibley, Peterson, NatGeo, and iBird]<br />
<br />
[http://blog.aba.org/2011/10/digital-bird-song-identification-a-reality.html#comments A forthcoming app for automatically IDing bird song in the field]<br />
<br />
===Apps for finding birds===<br />
[http://www.getbirdseye.com/ Cornell's BirdsEye app (for finding recent sightings using the eBird database)]<br />
<br />
[http://ictbirds.wordpress.com/ iCTBirds: an app for finding birds in CT using the Connecticut Ornithological Association's CTBirds listserv]<br />
<br />
[http://www.ctbirdtrends.org/storrssightings.html A webpage that shows recent sightings from birding hotspots around Storrs (for free!), using the eBird database]<br />
<br />
===Bird blogs===<br />
<br />
[http://www.sibleyguides.com/ David Sibley's Blog], wherein the field guide guy riffs mostly on the finer and philosophical points of bird identification, and reports his experiments in window treatments to prevent bird strikes. <br />
<br />
[http://www.surfbirds.com/community-blogs/mbalame/2008/03/13/when-bad-photos-happen-to-good-birds/ North Coast (Oregon) Diaries] Comments on photo documentation versus detailed notes. See also the March 2, 2008 post on Ugly Gulls (browse Main calendar).<br />
<br />
===Jobs in Ornithology===<br />
<br />
[http://www.osnabirds.org/on/ornjobs.htm Jobs in Ornithology], the job board for the Ornithological Societies of North America. THE central clearing house for field research internships and jobs. <br />
<br />
[http://listserv.umd.edu/archives/ecolog-l.html ECOLOG-L listserve postings] Job postings, other miscellaneous information and discussions about field ecology.<br />
<br />
[http://beardsleyzoo.org/volunteer-gi1 CT Beardsley Zoo Summer Internships]<br />
<br />
== Collections Work Hours Sign Up ==<br />
<br />
'''Vertebrate Collections Manager:''' Sue Hochgraf susan.hochgraf@uconn.edu 86-486-8945<br />
<br />
To sign-up, let Dr. Rubega or Chris know which date/hours you would like to work; refer here to see hours already taken. No more than 2 students in an hour block simultaneously, unless Sue Hochgraf approves it.<br />
<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2"<br />
!width="85"|Date<br />
!width="85"|9 am<br />
!width="85"|10 am <br />
!width="85"|11 am <br />
!width="85"|12 pm <br />
(can only be worked consecutively after an 11 am block)<br />
!width="85"|1 pm<br />
!width="85"|2 pm<br />
!width="85"|3 pm<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 2 || || ||Jeff C || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 9|| || || Jeff C || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 16|| || || Jeff C || || || || X not avail X ||<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 23|| || ||Jeff C & Molly Z || Molly Z || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 1|| || || Molly Z || Molly Z || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 8|| || ||Zack M || Zack M|| || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 15|| Spring||Break ||No ||Collections ||Work ||! || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 22|| || ||Zack M ||Zack M || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 29|| || || || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 5|| |||| || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 12|| || || || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 19|| || || || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 26|| || || |||| || || ||<br />
|-<br />
|-} <br />
<br />
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[[Category:EEB Courses]]</div>Christopher Fieldhttp://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=Ornithology_Laboratory&diff=20856Ornithology Laboratory2012-02-13T21:02:11Z<p>Christopher Field: </p>
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[[Image:Wesahead.JPG|thumb|left]]<br />
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<br />
''Western Sandpiper; drawing copyright Bridget Keimel''<br />
<br />
== Basic Course Information == <br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large">EEB 4261</span><br><br />
<br />
'''Spring 2012''' <br />
<br />
'''Meets:''' Fridays, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m, TLS 371<br />
<br />
'''Instructor:''' '''[mailto:margaret.rubega@uconn.edu Dr. Margaret Rubega]'''<br> <br />
'''Office:''' PharmBio 500 '''Phone:''' 486-4502<br> <br />
'''Office Hours:''' By appointment<br><br />
<br />
<font color= "#FF0000">Your emails to me '''MUST contain the phrase "EEB 4261” in the subject line;''' email received without that phrase, and especially those with a blank subject line, will be DELETED, unread.</font><br />
<br />
'''Teaching Assistant:''' '''[mailto:christopher.field@uconn.edu Chris Field]'''<br><br />
'''Office:''' PharmBio 310 '''Phone:''' 486-3005 <br> <br />
'''Office Hours:''' Wed. 12-2, or by appointment<br><br />
<br />
== Required Texts ==<br />
<br />
MANUAL OF ORNITHOLOGY (Yale Univ.), by N.S. Proctor and P.J. Lynch<br />
<br />
BIRDS OF STORRS (Natchaug Ornithological Society) by G.A. Clark, Jr.<br />
<br />
SIBLEY GUIDE TO BIRDS (Knopf), by D.A. Sibley.(Eastern or North American Edition)<br />
<br />
== Class Schedule ==<br />
<br />
(<font color= "#FF0000">very</font> subject to change; check back before every lab)<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2"<br />
!width="75"|Date<br />
!width="350"|Required Reading<br />
!width="350"|Subject <br />
!width="300"|Meeting notes, and other resources <br />
|- <br />
| Jan 20 ||P & L p. 274-281,286-287; Sibley p. 9-14; Clark p. 1-19 || Tools of the trade: Optics, Field Guides, Field Notes and Journals || Come dressed and ready to bird; meet in TLS 371<br />
|- <br />
| Jan 27 || P & L p. 22-37, 47-65, 263-265; Sibley p. 15-21; Clark p. 21-40/ P & L p. 66-77 || North American bird Orders; Topography and Field Marks; Feet, Beaks and Body Form; Opportunities in Ornithology || Bring P & L to class; meet in TLS 371<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 3 || Handouts || Tour of Mansfield birding spots ||<br />
|-<br />
| Feb 10 || Handouts|| Specimen preparation demonstration|| Come dressed to bird<br />
|-<br />
| Feb 17 || P & L p. 81-105 || Feathers & Aerodynamics || <br />
|- <br />
| Feb 24 || P & L Chapters 6 & 7, 205-209, 219-226|| Anatomy: musculature and internal organs || NO BIRDING - we will need the whole class period for dissections. '''Bring your Proctor and Lynch to class!'''<br />
|-<br />
| March 2|| P & L Chap. 5 || Anatomy - Skeletons || Check for weather, and come dressed to bird <br />
|- <br />
| March 9 || || '''MIDTERM EXAM'''; ''birding after''|| <br />
|- <br />
| March 16 || ||NO CLASS - SPRING BREAK - GO BIRDING! || <br />
|- <br />
| March 23 ||Handouts ||Field Techniques: Survey methods || <br />
|- <br />
| March 30|| Proctor & Lynch p. 266-273 || Weather and Bird Movements: Go Outside to EXPERIENCE both! || [http://woodcreeper.com Monitor bird movements with Dave LaPuma!] [http://virtual.clemson.edu/groups/birdrad/ Clemson University Radar Ornithology Lab] [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/5/5d/Weather_lab.pdf Birds and Weather worksheet]<br />
|- <br />
| April 6 || || Bird, Bird, Bird – outside all four hours || <br />
|- <br />
| April 13 || Handouts || Field Techniques: Behavioral observations || <br />
|- <br />
| April 20|| || Bird, Bird, Bird – outside all four hours|| <br />
|- <br />
| April 27|| || Bird, Bird, Bird - outside all four hours||<br />
|- <br />
| April 30 ||'''8:00 – 10:00 am'''|| '''FINAL EXAM in TLS 371'''||<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Grading ==<br />
<br />
Grading in this course is done on a straight percentage-of-points basis, i.e., to obtain an A, you need to earn 90% or more of the available points. <font color= "#FF0000">The grades will '''not''' be "curved", and there will be '''no''' opportunities for "make-up" or "extra-credit" points.</font> Attendance on the field trips is '''required'''. If you miss a field trip, you lose 5 points. If you miss a test, you will receive a score of zero. If you have a legitimate reason (for example, a death in your family) to miss a field trip or test, you may be excused (at the discretion of the instructors) IF AND ONLY IF you provide written documentation (for example, an obituary documenting a death in your family) within one week of missing the class or test. In cases where the instructors determine you have a legitimate excuse, there still will be no make-ups administered: you will be graded only on the basis of the points contained in the field trips and tests you did complete. NOTE that this method reduces the number of points you can afford to lose and still do well in the course. <br />
<br />
SICK? First, do your level best to let us know before the field trip/class exercise/test. Second, if you are sick, believe us when we say that we don't want to see you in lab --- please be responsible, and don't spread germs by coming to class with a fever, or hacking and coughing. For illnesses, we pro-rate your grade on the basis of the point-bearing exercises you didn't miss. If you are sick for the final YOU MUST INFORM THE OFFICE OF STUDENT SERVICES in order to be allowed to take a make-up after final exam week is over. '''The final exam is the only point-bearing exercise for which a make-up is possible.''' <br />
<br />
These policies have been developed over years of teaching this and other courses, and are designed to ensure fair treatment of everyone by eliminating discrepancies in testing and evaluation, and by eliminating differences in the amount of field and study time available to students. I am very willing to discuss my reasoning for these policies, but if you try to talk me into making an exception to them for you, you will fail, and probably make me grumpy to boot.<br />
<br />
== Point Structure for Grading ==<br />
<br />
'''COURSE POINT TOTAL 300 POINTS''' <br />
<br />
'''Test 1:''' 60 points, March 9 <br />
<br />
'''Final:''' 60 points, April 30<br />
<br />
'''Field Notebook:''' 30 points<br />
<br />
'''Worksheets/Quizzes''' 50 points (5 at 10 points each)<br />
<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/f/f6/Independent_observation_guidelines.pdf '''Independent Field Observations:'''] 35 points<br />
<br />
SEE: [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/c/c5/Ebird_Setup_Document.pdf Ebird Set-up Document] and [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/7/7f/POINT_COUNT_PROTOCOL.pdf Point Count Protocol] and [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/6/62/Point_Count_Datasheet.pdf Point Count Datasheet] and<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/3/38/Point_count_example.pdf Point Count Example]. <br />
<br />
Independent Field Observation Locations: [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/4/40/Heep_Site_Map.pdf Map of Hillside Environmental Education Project]or [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=208276875179231289772.0004b684a244c6b18ade9&msa=0 View the locations on Google Earth/Maps]<br />
<br />
'''Field Trips:''' 45 points (Field trips are required: you ''lose'' 5 points for every missed trip. Note that field trips are VERY subject to change, depending on birds, weather, circumstances, and whim. Don't assume you know what you are going to miss!)<br />
<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/department/collections/index.html '''Collections'''] '''Work:''' 20 points (4 hours at 5 points per hour).<br />
<br />
You are also expected to keep a [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/f/fe/Field_Notebook_Guidelines.pdf '''Field Notebook.'''] Notebooks will be collected for grading, at random, throughout the course of the semester. You will earn up to a maximum of 30 points for your notebooks (no more than 10 points per grading event); '''you may not begin work on your independent observations until you have earned at least 20 points on your notebook'''.<br />
<br />
== Academic Rules/Conduct ==<br />
<br />
All students should be aware of the guidelines on academic integrity contained in the Student Conduct Code. The Conduct Code is available at http://www.dosa.uconn.edu/student_conduct.html.<br />
<br />
== Questions ==<br />
<br />
''If you have questions, by all means collar me or email me and ask. I will post both the questions (questioners will be anonymous) and answers here. <br />
''<br />
== Useful and Amusing Links ==<br />
<br />
===Online field guides===<br />
<br />
[http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/ Bird songs online!]<br />
<br />
[http://www.lab.fws.gov/featheratlas/ Feather Identification Resource Online!] The Feather Atlas of North American Birds provided high-resolution scans of flight feathers of the major groups of birds; useful for comparison with found feathers whose origin you aren't sure of. <br />
<br />
===Field guide apps===<br />
<br />
[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/22/technology/personaltech/22smart.html An article from the NY Times on smart phone apps for birding]<br />
<br />
[http://ibird.com/compare.aspx A feature comparison of various bird guide apps, inlcuding Sibley, Peterson, NatGeo, and iBird]<br />
<br />
[http://blog.aba.org/2011/10/digital-bird-song-identification-a-reality.html#comments A forthcoming app for automatically IDing bird song in the field]<br />
<br />
===Apps for finding birds===<br />
[http://www.getbirdseye.com/ Cornell's BirdsEye app (for finding recent sightings using the eBird database)]<br />
<br />
[http://ictbirds.wordpress.com/ iCTBirds: an app for finding birds in CT using the Connecticut Ornithological Association's CTBirds listserv]<br />
<br />
[http://www.ctbirdtrends.org/storrssightings.html A webpage that shows recent sightings from birding hotspots around Storrs (for free!), using the eBird database]<br />
<br />
===Bird blogs===<br />
<br />
[http://www.sibleyguides.com/ David Sibley's Blog], wherein the field guide guy riffs mostly on the finer and philosophical points of bird identification, and reports his experiments in window treatments to prevent bird strikes. <br />
<br />
[http://www.surfbirds.com/community-blogs/mbalame/2008/03/13/when-bad-photos-happen-to-good-birds/ North Coast (Oregon) Diaries] Comments on photo documentation versus detailed notes. See also the March 2, 2008 post on Ugly Gulls (browse Main calendar).<br />
<br />
===Jobs in Ornithology===<br />
<br />
[http://www.osnabirds.org/on/ornjobs.htm Jobs in Ornithology], the job board for the Ornithological Societies of North America. THE central clearing house for field research internships and jobs. <br />
<br />
[http://listserv.umd.edu/archives/ecolog-l.html ECOLOG-L listserve postings] Job postings, other miscellaneous information and discussions about field ecology.<br />
<br />
[http://beardsleyzoo.org/volunteer-gi1 CT Beardsley Zoo Summer Internships]<br />
<br />
== Collections Work Hours Sign Up ==<br />
<br />
'''Vertebrate Collections Manager:''' Sue Hochgraf susan.hochgraf@uconn.edu 86-486-8945<br />
<br />
To sign-up, let Dr. Rubega or Chris know which date/hours you would like to work; refer here to see hours already taken. No more than 2 students in an hour block simultaneously, unless Sue Hochgraf approves it.<br />
<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2"<br />
!width="85"|Date<br />
!width="85"|9 am<br />
!width="85"|10 am <br />
!width="85"|11 am <br />
!width="85"|12 pm <br />
(can only be worked consecutively after an 11 am block)<br />
!width="85"|1 pm<br />
!width="85"|2 pm<br />
!width="85"|3 pm<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 2 || || ||Jeff C || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 9|| || || Jeff C || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 16|| || || Jeff C || || || || X not avail X ||<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 23|| || ||Jeff C & Molly Z || Molly Z || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 1|| || || Molly Z || Molly Z || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 8|| || ||Zach M || Zach M|| || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 15|| Spring||Break ||No ||Collections ||Work ||! || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 22|| || ||Zach M ||Zach M || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 29|| || || || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 5|| |||| || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 12|| || || || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 19|| || || || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 26|| || || |||| || || ||<br />
|-<br />
|-} <br />
<br />
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[[Category:EEB Courses]]</div>Christopher Fieldhttp://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=Ornithology_Laboratory&diff=20784Ornithology Laboratory2012-02-09T00:47:29Z<p>Christopher Field: </p>
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[[Image:Wesahead.JPG|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
<br />
''Western Sandpiper; drawing copyright Bridget Keimel''<br />
<br />
== Basic Course Information == <br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large">EEB 4261</span><br><br />
<br />
'''Spring 2012''' <br />
<br />
'''Meets:''' Fridays, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m, TLS 371<br />
<br />
'''Instructor:''' '''[mailto:margaret.rubega@uconn.edu Dr. Margaret Rubega]'''<br> <br />
'''Office:''' PharmBio 500 '''Phone:''' 486-4502<br> <br />
'''Office Hours:''' By appointment<br><br />
<br />
<font color= "#FF0000">Your emails to me '''MUST contain the phrase "EEB 4261” in the subject line;''' email received without that phrase, and especially those with a blank subject line, will be DELETED, unread.</font><br />
<br />
'''Teaching Assistant:''' '''[mailto:christopher.field@uconn.edu Chris Field]'''<br><br />
'''Office:''' PharmBio 310 '''Phone:''' 486-3005 <br> <br />
'''Office Hours:''' Wed. 12-2, or by appointment<br><br />
<br />
== Required Texts ==<br />
<br />
MANUAL OF ORNITHOLOGY (Yale Univ.), by N.S. Proctor and P.J. Lynch<br />
<br />
BIRDS OF STORRS (Natchaug Ornithological Society) by G.A. Clark, Jr.<br />
<br />
SIBLEY GUIDE TO BIRDS (Knopf), by D.A. Sibley.(Eastern or North American Edition)<br />
<br />
== Class Schedule ==<br />
<br />
(<font color= "#FF0000">very</font> subject to change; check back before every lab)<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2"<br />
!width="75"|Date<br />
!width="350"|Required Reading<br />
!width="350"|Subject <br />
!width="300"|Meeting notes, and other resources <br />
|- <br />
| Jan 20 ||P & L p. 274-281,286-287; Sibley p. 9-14; Clark p. 1-19 || Tools of the trade: Optics, Field Guides, Field Notes and Journals || Come dressed and ready to bird; meet in TLS 371<br />
|- <br />
| Jan 27 || P & L p. 22-37, 47-65, 263-265; Sibley p. 15-21; Clark p. 21-40/ P & L p. 66-77 || North American bird Orders; Topography and Field Marks; Feet, Beaks and Body Form; Opportunities in Ornithology || Bring P & L to class; meet in TLS 371<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 3 || Handouts || Tour of Mansfield birding spots ||<br />
|-<br />
| Feb 10 || Handouts|| Specimen preparation demonstration|| Come dressed to bird<br />
|-<br />
| Feb 17 || P & L p. 81-105 || Feathers & Aerodynamics || <br />
|- <br />
| Feb 24 || P & L Chapters 6 & 7, 205-209, 219-226|| Anatomy: musculature and internal organs || NO BIRDING - we will need the whole class period for dissections. '''Bring your Proctor and Lynch to class!'''<br />
|-<br />
| March 2|| P & L Chap. 5 || Anatomy - Skeletons || Check for weather, and come dressed to bird <br />
|- <br />
| March 9 || || '''MIDTERM EXAM'''; ''birding after''|| <br />
|- <br />
| March 16 || ||NO CLASS - SPRING BREAK - GO BIRDING! || <br />
|- <br />
| March 23 ||Handouts ||Field Techniques: Survey methods || <br />
|- <br />
| March 30|| Proctor & Lynch p. 266-273 || Weather and Bird Movements: Go Outside to EXPERIENCE both! || [http://woodcreeper.com Monitor bird movements with Dave LaPuma!] [http://virtual.clemson.edu/groups/birdrad/ Clemson University Radar Ornithology Lab] [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/5/5d/Weather_lab.pdf Birds and Weather worksheet]<br />
|- <br />
| April 6 || || Bird, Bird, Bird – outside all four hours || <br />
|- <br />
| April 13 || Handouts || Field Techniques: Behavioral observations || <br />
|- <br />
| April 20|| || Bird, Bird, Bird – outside all four hours|| <br />
|- <br />
| April 27|| || Bird, Bird, Bird - outside all four hours||<br />
|- <br />
| April 30 ||'''8:00 – 10:00 am'''|| '''FINAL EXAM in TLS 371'''||<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Grading ==<br />
<br />
Grading in this course is done on a straight percentage-of-points basis, i.e., to obtain an A, you need to earn 90% or more of the available points. <font color= "#FF0000">The grades will '''not''' be "curved", and there will be '''no''' opportunities for "make-up" or "extra-credit" points.</font> Attendance on the field trips is '''required'''. If you miss a field trip, you lose 5 points. If you miss a test, you will receive a score of zero. If you have a legitimate reason (for example, a death in your family) to miss a field trip or test, you may be excused (at the discretion of the instructors) IF AND ONLY IF you provide written documentation (for example, an obituary documenting a death in your family) within one week of missing the class or test. In cases where the instructors determine you have a legitimate excuse, there still will be no make-ups administered: you will be graded only on the basis of the points contained in the field trips and tests you did complete. NOTE that this method reduces the number of points you can afford to lose and still do well in the course. <br />
<br />
SICK? First, do your level best to let us know before the field trip/class exercise/test. Second, if you are sick, believe us when we say that we don't want to see you in lab --- please be responsible, and don't spread germs by coming to class with a fever, or hacking and coughing. For illnesses, we pro-rate your grade on the basis of the point-bearing exercises you didn't miss. If you are sick for the final YOU MUST INFORM THE OFFICE OF STUDENT SERVICES in order to be allowed to take a make-up after final exam week is over. '''The final exam is the only point-bearing exercise for which a make-up is possible.''' <br />
<br />
These policies have been developed over years of teaching this and other courses, and are designed to ensure fair treatment of everyone by eliminating discrepancies in testing and evaluation, and by eliminating differences in the amount of field and study time available to students. I am very willing to discuss my reasoning for these policies, but if you try to talk me into making an exception to them for you, you will fail, and probably make me grumpy to boot.<br />
<br />
== Point Structure for Grading ==<br />
<br />
'''COURSE POINT TOTAL 300 POINTS''' <br />
<br />
'''Test 1:''' 60 points, March 9 <br />
<br />
'''Final:''' 60 points, April 30<br />
<br />
'''Field Notebook:''' 30 points<br />
<br />
'''Worksheets/Quizzes''' 50 points (5 at 10 points each)<br />
<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/f/f6/Independent_observation_guidelines.pdf '''Independent Field Observations:'''] 35 points<br />
<br />
SEE: [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/c/c5/Ebird_Setup_Document.pdf Ebird Set-up Document] and [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/7/7f/POINT_COUNT_PROTOCOL.pdf Point Count Protocol] and [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/6/62/Point_Count_Datasheet.pdf Point Count Datasheet] and<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/3/38/Point_count_example.pdf Point Count Example]. <br />
<br />
Independent Field Observation Locations: [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/4/40/Heep_Site_Map.pdf Map of Hillside Environmental Education Project]or [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=208276875179231289772.0004b684a244c6b18ade9&msa=0 View the locations on Google Earth/Maps]<br />
<br />
'''Field Trips:''' 45 points (Field trips are required: you ''lose'' 5 points for every missed trip. Note that field trips are VERY subject to change, depending on birds, weather, circumstances, and whim. Don't assume you know what you are going to miss!)<br />
<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/department/collections/index.html '''Collections'''] '''Work:''' 20 points (4 hours at 5 points per hour).<br />
<br />
You are also expected to keep a [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/f/fe/Field_Notebook_Guidelines.pdf '''Field Notebook.'''] Notebooks will be collected for grading, at random, throughout the course of the semester. You will earn up to a maximum of 30 points for your notebooks (no more than 10 points per grading event); '''you may not begin work on your independent observations until you have earned at least 20 points on your notebook'''.<br />
<br />
== Academic Rules/Conduct ==<br />
<br />
All students should be aware of the guidelines on academic integrity contained in the Student Conduct Code. The Conduct Code is available at http://www.dosa.uconn.edu/student_conduct.html.<br />
<br />
== Questions ==<br />
<br />
''If you have questions, by all means collar me or email me and ask. I will post both the questions (questioners will be anonymous) and answers here. <br />
''<br />
== Useful and Amusing Links ==<br />
<br />
===Online field guides===<br />
<br />
[http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/ Bird songs online!]<br />
<br />
[http://www.lab.fws.gov/featheratlas/ Feather Identification Resource Online!] The Feather Atlas of North American Birds provided high-resolution scans of flight feathers of the major groups of birds; useful for comparison with found feathers whose origin you aren't sure of. <br />
<br />
===Field guide apps===<br />
<br />
[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/22/technology/personaltech/22smart.html An article from the NY Times on smart phone apps for birding]<br />
<br />
[http://ibird.com/compare.aspx A feature comparison of various bird guide apps, inlcuding Sibley, Peterson, NatGeo, and iBird]<br />
<br />
[http://blog.aba.org/2011/10/digital-bird-song-identification-a-reality.html#comments A forthcoming app for automatically IDing bird song in the field]<br />
<br />
===Apps for finding birds===<br />
[http://www.getbirdseye.com/ Cornell's BirdsEye app (for finding recent sightings using the eBird database)]<br />
<br />
[http://ictbirds.wordpress.com/ iCTBirds: an app for finding birds in CT using the Connecticut Ornithological Association's CTBirds listserv]<br />
<br />
[http://www.ctbirdtrends.org/storrssightings.html A webpage that shows recent sightings from birding hotspots around Storrs (for free!), using the eBird database]<br />
<br />
===Bird blogs===<br />
<br />
[http://www.sibleyguides.com/ David Sibley's Blog], wherein the field guide guy riffs mostly on the finer and philosophical points of bird identification, and reports his experiments in window treatments to prevent bird strikes. <br />
<br />
[http://www.surfbirds.com/community-blogs/mbalame/2008/03/13/when-bad-photos-happen-to-good-birds/ North Coast (Oregon) Diaries] Comments on photo documentation versus detailed notes. See also the March 2, 2008 post on Ugly Gulls (browse Main calendar).<br />
<br />
===Jobs in Ornithology===<br />
<br />
[http://www.osnabirds.org/on/ornjobs.htm Jobs in Ornithology], the job board for the Ornithological Societies of North America. THE central clearing house for field research internships and jobs. <br />
<br />
[http://listserv.umd.edu/archives/ecolog-l.html ECOLOG-L listserve postings] Job postings, other miscellaneous information and discussions about field ecology.<br />
<br />
[http://beardsleyzoo.org/volunteer-gi1 CT Beardsley Zoo Summer Internships]<br />
<br />
== Collections Work Hours Sign Up ==<br />
<br />
'''Vertebrate Collections Manager:''' Sue Hochgraf susan.hochgraf@uconn.edu 86-486-8945<br />
<br />
To sign-up, let Dr. Rubega or Chris know which date/hours you would like to work; refer here to see hours already taken. No more than 2 students in an hour block simultaneously, unless Sue Hochgraf approves it.<br />
<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2"<br />
!width="85"|Date<br />
!width="85"|9 am<br />
!width="85"|10 am <br />
!width="85"|11 am <br />
!width="85"|12 pm <br />
(can only be worked consecutively after an 11 am block)<br />
!width="85"|1 pm<br />
!width="85"|2 pm<br />
!width="85"|3 pm<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 2 || || ||Jeff C || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 9|| || || Jeff C || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 16|| || || Jeff C || || || || X not avail X ||<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 23|| || ||Jeff C & Molly Z || Molly Z || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 1|| || || Molly Z || Molly Z || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 8|| || || || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 15|| Spring||Break ||No ||Collections ||Work ||! || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 22|| || || || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 29|| || || || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 5|| |||| || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 12|| || || || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 19|| || || || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 26|| || || |||| || || ||<br />
|-<br />
|-} <br />
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[[Category:EEB Courses]]</div>Christopher Fieldhttp://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=Ornithology_Laboratory&diff=20783Ornithology Laboratory2012-02-09T00:46:43Z<p>Christopher Field: </p>
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|}<br />
[[Image:Wesahead.JPG|thumb|left]]<br />
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<br />
''Western Sandpiper; drawing copyright Bridget Keimel''<br />
<br />
== Basic Course Information == <br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large">EEB 4261</span><br><br />
<br />
'''Spring 2012''' <br />
<br />
'''Meets:''' Fridays, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m, TLS 371<br />
<br />
'''Instructor:''' '''[mailto:margaret.rubega@uconn.edu Dr. Margaret Rubega]'''<br> <br />
'''Office:''' PharmBio 500 '''Phone:''' 486-4502<br> <br />
'''Office Hours:''' By appointment<br><br />
<br />
<font color= "#FF0000">Your emails to me '''MUST contain the phrase "EEB 4261” in the subject line;''' email received without that phrase, and especially those with a blank subject line, will be DELETED, unread.</font><br />
<br />
'''Teaching Assistant:''' '''[mailto:christopher.field@uconn.edu Chris Field]'''<br><br />
'''Office:''' PharmBio 310 '''Phone:''' 486-3005 <br> <br />
'''Office Hours:''' Wed. 12-2, or by appointment<br><br />
<br />
== Required Texts ==<br />
<br />
MANUAL OF ORNITHOLOGY (Yale Univ.), by N.S. Proctor and P.J. Lynch<br />
<br />
BIRDS OF STORRS (Natchaug Ornithological Society) by G.A. Clark, Jr.<br />
<br />
SIBLEY GUIDE TO BIRDS (Knopf), by D.A. Sibley.(Eastern or North American Edition)<br />
<br />
== Class Schedule ==<br />
<br />
(<font color= "#FF0000">very</font> subject to change; check back before every lab)<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2"<br />
!width="75"|Date<br />
!width="350"|Required Reading<br />
!width="350"|Subject <br />
!width="300"|Meeting notes, and other resources <br />
|- <br />
| Jan 20 ||P & L p. 274-281,286-287; Sibley p. 9-14; Clark p. 1-19 || Tools of the trade: Optics, Field Guides, Field Notes and Journals || Come dressed and ready to bird; meet in TLS 371<br />
|- <br />
| Jan 27 || P & L p. 22-37, 47-65, 263-265; Sibley p. 15-21; Clark p. 21-40/ P & L p. 66-77 || North American bird Orders; Topography and Field Marks; Feet, Beaks and Body Form; Opportunities in Ornithology || Bring P & L to class; meet in TLS 371<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 3 || Handouts || Tour of Mansfield birding spots ||<br />
|-<br />
| Feb 10 || Handouts|| Specimen preparation demonstration|| Come dressed to bird<br />
|-<br />
| Feb 17 || P & L p. 81-105 || Feathers & Aerodynamics || <br />
|- <br />
| Feb 24 || P & L Chapters 6 & 7, 205-209, 219-226|| Anatomy: musculature and internal organs || NO BIRDING - we will need the whole class period for dissections. '''Bring your Proctor and Lynch to class!'''<br />
|-<br />
| March 2|| P & L Chap. 5 || Anatomy - Skeletons || Check for weather, and come dressed to bird <br />
|- <br />
| March 9 || || '''MIDTERM EXAM'''; ''birding after''|| <br />
|- <br />
| March 16 || ||NO CLASS - SPRING BREAK - GO BIRDING! || <br />
|- <br />
| March 23 ||Handouts ||Field Techniques: Survey methods || <br />
|- <br />
| March 30|| Proctor & Lynch p. 266-273 || Weather and Bird Movements: Go Outside to EXPERIENCE both! || [http://woodcreeper.com Monitor bird movements with Dave LaPuma!] [http://virtual.clemson.edu/groups/birdrad/ Clemson University Radar Ornithology Lab] [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/5/5d/Weather_lab.pdf Birds and Weather worksheet]<br />
|- <br />
| April 6 || || Bird, Bird, Bird – outside all four hours || <br />
|- <br />
| April 13 || Handouts || Field Techniques: Behavioral observations || <br />
|- <br />
| April 20|| || Bird, Bird, Bird – outside all four hours|| <br />
|- <br />
| April 27|| || Bird, Bird, Bird - outside all four hours||<br />
|- <br />
| April 30 ||'''8:00 – 10:00 am'''|| '''FINAL EXAM in TLS 371'''||<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Grading ==<br />
<br />
Grading in this course is done on a straight percentage-of-points basis, i.e., to obtain an A, you need to earn 90% or more of the available points. <font color= "#FF0000">The grades will '''not''' be "curved", and there will be '''no''' opportunities for "make-up" or "extra-credit" points.</font> Attendance on the field trips is '''required'''. If you miss a field trip, you lose 5 points. If you miss a test, you will receive a score of zero. If you have a legitimate reason (for example, a death in your family) to miss a field trip or test, you may be excused (at the discretion of the instructors) IF AND ONLY IF you provide written documentation (for example, an obituary documenting a death in your family) within one week of missing the class or test. In cases where the instructors determine you have a legitimate excuse, there still will be no make-ups administered: you will be graded only on the basis of the points contained in the field trips and tests you did complete. NOTE that this method reduces the number of points you can afford to lose and still do well in the course. <br />
<br />
SICK? First, do your level best to let us know before the field trip/class exercise/test. Second, if you are sick, believe us when we say that we don't want to see you in lab --- please be responsible, and don't spread germs by coming to class with a fever, or hacking and coughing. For illnesses, we pro-rate your grade on the basis of the point-bearing exercises you didn't miss. If you are sick for the final YOU MUST INFORM THE OFFICE OF STUDENT SERVICES in order to be allowed to take a make-up after final exam week is over. '''The final exam is the only point-bearing exercise for which a make-up is possible.''' <br />
<br />
These policies have been developed over years of teaching this and other courses, and are designed to ensure fair treatment of everyone by eliminating discrepancies in testing and evaluation, and by eliminating differences in the amount of field and study time available to students. I am very willing to discuss my reasoning for these policies, but if you try to talk me into making an exception to them for you, you will fail, and probably make me grumpy to boot.<br />
<br />
== Point Structure for Grading ==<br />
<br />
'''COURSE POINT TOTAL 300 POINTS''' <br />
<br />
'''Test 1:''' 60 points, March 9 <br />
<br />
'''Final:''' 60 points, April 30<br />
<br />
'''Field Notebook:''' 30 points<br />
<br />
'''Worksheets/Quizzes''' 50 points (5 at 10 points each)<br />
<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/f/f6/Independent_observation_guidelines.pdf '''Independent Field Observations:'''] 35 points<br />
<br />
SEE: [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/c/c5/Ebird_Setup_Document.pdf Ebird Set-up Document] and [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/7/7f/POINT_COUNT_PROTOCOL.pdf Point Count Protocol] and [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/6/62/Point_Count_Datasheet.pdf Point Count Datasheet] and<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/3/38/Point_count_example.pdf Point Count Example]. <br />
<br />
Independent Field Observation Locations: [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/4/40/Heep_Site_Map.pdf Map of Hillside Environmental Education Project]or [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=208276875179231289772.0004b684a244c6b18ade9&msa=0 View the locations on Google Earth/Maps]<br />
<br />
'''Field Trips:''' 45 points (Field trips are required: you ''lose'' 5 points for every missed trip. Note that field trips are VERY subject to change, depending on birds, weather, circumstances, and whim. Don't assume you know what you are going to miss!)<br />
<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/department/collections/index.html '''Collections'''] '''Work:''' 20 points (4 hours at 5 points per hour).<br />
<br />
You are also expected to keep a [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/f/fe/Field_Notebook_Guidelines.pdf '''Field Notebook.'''] Notebooks will be collected for grading, at random, throughout the course of the semester. You will earn up to a maximum of 30 points for your notebooks (no more than 10 points per grading event); '''you may not begin work on your independent observations until you have earned at least 20 points on your notebook'''.<br />
<br />
== Academic Rules/Conduct ==<br />
<br />
All students should be aware of the guidelines on academic integrity contained in the Student Conduct Code. The Conduct Code is available at http://www.dosa.uconn.edu/student_conduct.html.<br />
<br />
== Questions ==<br />
<br />
''If you have questions, by all means collar me or email me and ask. I will post both the questions (questioners will be anonymous) and answers here. <br />
''<br />
== Useful and Amusing Links ==<br />
<br />
===Online field guides===<br />
<br />
[http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/ Bird songs online!]<br />
<br />
[http://www.lab.fws.gov/featheratlas/ Feather Identification Resource Online!] The Feather Atlas of North American Birds provided high-resolution scans of flight feathers of the major groups of birds; useful for comparison with found feathers whose origin you aren't sure of. <br />
<br />
===Field guide apps===<br />
<br />
[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/22/technology/personaltech/22smart.html An article from the NY Times on smart phone apps for birding]<br />
<br />
[http://ibird.com/compare.aspx A feature comparison of various bird guide apps, inlcuding Sibley, Peterson, NatGeo, and iBird]<br />
<br />
[http://blog.aba.org/2011/10/digital-bird-song-identification-a-reality.html#comments A forthcoming app for automatically IDing bird song in the field]<br />
<br />
===Apps for finding birds===<br />
[http://www.getbirdseye.com/ Cornell's BirdsEye app (for finding recent sightings using the eBird database)]<br />
<br />
[http://ictbirds.wordpress.com/ iCTBirds: an app for finding birds in CT using the Connecticut Ornithological Association's CTBirds listserv]<br />
<br />
[http://www.ctbirdtrends.org/storrssightings.html A webpage that shows recent sightings from birding hotspots around Storrs (for free!), using the eBird database]<br />
<br />
===Bird blogs===<br />
<br />
[http://www.sibleyguides.com/ David Sibley's Blog], wherein the field guide guy riffs mostly on the finer and philosophical points of bird identification, and reports his experiments in window treatments to prevent bird strikes. <br />
<br />
[http://www.surfbirds.com/community-blogs/mbalame/2008/03/13/when-bad-photos-happen-to-good-birds/ North Coast (Oregon) Diaries] Comments on photo documentation versus detailed notes. See also the March 2, 2008 post on Ugly Gulls (browse Main calendar).<br />
<br />
===Jobs in Ornithology===<br />
<br />
[http://www.osnabirds.org/on/ornjobs.htm Jobs in Ornithology], the job board for the Ornithological Societies of North America. THE central clearing house for field research internships and jobs. <br />
<br />
[http://listserv.umd.edu/archives/ecolog-l.html ECOLOG-L listserve postings] Job postings, other miscellaneous information and discussions about field ecology.<br />
<br />
[http://beardsleyzoo.org/volunteer-gi1 CT Beardsley Zoo Summer Internships]<br />
<br />
== Collections Work Hours Sign Up ==<br />
<br />
'''Vertebrate Collections Manager:''' Sue Hochgraf susan.hochgraf@uconn.edu 86-486-8945<br />
<br />
To sign-up, let Dr. Rubega or Chris know which date/hours you would like to work; refer here to see hours already taken. No more than 2 students in an hour block simultaneously, unless Sue Hochgraf approves it.<br />
<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2"<br />
!width="85"|Date<br />
!width="85"|9 am<br />
!width="85"|10 am <br />
!width="85"|11 am <br />
!width="85"|12 pm <br />
(can only be worked consecutively after an 11 am block)<br />
!width="85"|1 pm<br />
!width="85"|2 pm<br />
!width="85"|3 pm<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 2 || || ||Jeff C || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 9|| || || Jeff C || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 16|| || || Jeff C || || || || X not avail X ||<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 23|| || ||Jeff C&Molly Z || Molly Z || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 1|| || || Molly Z || Molly Z || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 8|| || || || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 15|| Spring||Break ||No ||Collections ||Work ||! || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 22|| || || || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| Mar 29|| || || || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 5|| |||| || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 12|| || || || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 19|| || || || || || || ||<br />
|- <br />
| April 26|| || || |||| || || ||<br />
|-<br />
|-} <br />
<br />
<br />
[[Category:EEB Courses]]</div>Christopher Fieldhttp://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=Ornithology_Laboratory&diff=20782Ornithology Laboratory2012-02-09T00:38:26Z<p>Christopher Field: </p>
<hr />
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|}<br />
[[Image:Wesahead.JPG|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
<br />
''Western Sandpiper; drawing copyright Bridget Keimel''<br />
<br />
== Basic Course Information == <br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large">EEB 4261</span><br><br />
<br />
'''Spring 2012''' <br />
<br />
'''Meets:''' Fridays, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m, TLS 371<br />
<br />
'''Instructor:''' '''[mailto:margaret.rubega@uconn.edu Dr. Margaret Rubega]'''<br> <br />
'''Office:''' PharmBio 500 '''Phone:''' 486-4502<br> <br />
'''Office Hours:''' By appointment<br><br />
<br />
<font color= "#FF0000">Your emails to me '''MUST contain the phrase "EEB 4261” in the subject line;''' email received without that phrase, and especially those with a blank subject line, will be DELETED, unread.</font><br />
<br />
'''Teaching Assistant:''' '''[mailto:christopher.field@uconn.edu Chris Field]'''<br><br />
'''Office:''' PharmBio 310 '''Phone:''' 486-3005 <br> <br />
'''Office Hours:''' Wed. 12-2, or by appointment<br><br />
<br />
== Required Texts ==<br />
<br />
MANUAL OF ORNITHOLOGY (Yale Univ.), by N.S. Proctor and P.J. Lynch<br />
<br />
BIRDS OF STORRS (Natchaug Ornithological Society) by G.A. Clark, Jr.<br />
<br />
SIBLEY GUIDE TO BIRDS (Knopf), by D.A. Sibley.(Eastern or North American Edition)<br />
<br />
== Class Schedule ==<br />
<br />
(<font color= "#FF0000">very</font> subject to change; check back before every lab)<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2"<br />
!width="75"|Date<br />
!width="350"|Required Reading<br />
!width="350"|Subject <br />
!width="300"|Meeting notes, and other resources <br />
|- <br />
| Jan 20 ||P & L p. 274-281,286-287; Sibley p. 9-14; Clark p. 1-19 || Tools of the trade: Optics, Field Guides, Field Notes and Journals || Come dressed and ready to bird; meet in TLS 371<br />
|- <br />
| Jan 27 || P & L p. 22-37, 47-65, 263-265; Sibley p. 15-21; Clark p. 21-40/ P & L p. 66-77 || North American bird Orders; Topography and Field Marks; Feet, Beaks and Body Form; Opportunities in Ornithology || Bring P & L to class; meet in TLS 371<br />
|- <br />
| Feb 3 || Handouts || Tour of Mansfield birding spots ||<br />
|-<br />
| Feb 10 || Handouts|| Specimen preparation demonstration|| Come dressed to bird<br />
|-<br />
| Feb 17 || P & L p. 81-105 || Feathers & Aerodynamics || <br />
|- <br />
| Feb 24 || P & L Chapters 6 & 7, 205-209, 219-226|| Anatomy: musculature and internal organs || NO BIRDING - we will need the whole class period for dissections. '''Bring your Proctor and Lynch to class!'''<br />
|-<br />
| March 2|| P & L Chap. 5 || Anatomy - Skeletons || Check for weather, and come dressed to bird <br />
|- <br />
| March 9 || || '''MIDTERM EXAM'''; ''birding after''|| <br />
|- <br />
| March 16 || ||NO CLASS - SPRING BREAK - GO BIRDING! || <br />
|- <br />
| March 23 ||Handouts ||Field Techniques: Survey methods || <br />
|- <br />
| March 30|| Proctor & Lynch p. 266-273 || Weather and Bird Movements: Go Outside to EXPERIENCE both! || [http://woodcreeper.com Monitor bird movements with Dave LaPuma!] [http://virtual.clemson.edu/groups/birdrad/ Clemson University Radar Ornithology Lab] [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/5/5d/Weather_lab.pdf Birds and Weather worksheet]<br />
|- <br />
| April 6 || || Bird, Bird, Bird – outside all four hours || <br />
|- <br />
| April 13 || Handouts || Field Techniques: Behavioral observations || <br />
|- <br />
| April 20|| || Bird, Bird, Bird – outside all four hours|| <br />
|- <br />
| April 27|| || Bird, Bird, Bird - outside all four hours||<br />
|- <br />
| April 30 ||'''8:00 – 10:00 am'''|| '''FINAL EXAM in TLS 371'''||<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Grading ==<br />
<br />
Grading in this course is done on a straight percentage-of-points basis, i.e., to obtain an A, you need to earn 90% or more of the available points. <font color= "#FF0000">The grades will '''not''' be "curved", and there will be '''no''' opportunities for "make-up" or "extra-credit" points.</font> Attendance on the field trips is '''required'''. If you miss a field trip, you lose 5 points. If you miss a test, you will receive a score of zero. If you have a legitimate reason (for example, a death in your family) to miss a field trip or test, you may be excused (at the discretion of the instructors) IF AND ONLY IF you provide written documentation (for example, an obituary documenting a death in your family) within one week of missing the class or test. In cases where the instructors determine you have a legitimate excuse, there still will be no make-ups administered: you will be graded only on the basis of the points contained in the field trips and tests you did complete. NOTE that this method reduces the number of points you can afford to lose and still do well in the course. <br />
<br />
SICK? First, do your level best to let us know before the field trip/class exercise/test. Second, if you are sick, believe us when we say that we don't want to see you in lab --- please be responsible, and don't spread germs by coming to class with a fever, or hacking and coughing. For illnesses, we pro-rate your grade on the basis of the point-bearing exercises you didn't miss. If you are sick for the final YOU MUST INFORM THE OFFICE OF STUDENT SERVICES in order to be allowed to take a make-up after final exam week is over. '''The final exam is the only point-bearing exercise for which a make-up is possible.''' <br />
<br />
These policies have been developed over years of teaching this and other courses, and are designed to ensure fair treatment of everyone by eliminating discrepancies in testing and evaluation, and by eliminating differences in the amount of field and study time available to students. I am very willing to discuss my reasoning for these policies, but if you try to talk me into making an exception to them for you, you will fail, and probably make me grumpy to boot.<br />
<br />
== Point Structure for Grading ==<br />
<br />
'''COURSE POINT TOTAL 300 POINTS''' <br />
<br />
'''Test 1:''' 60 points, March 9 <br />
<br />
'''Final:''' 60 points, April 30<br />
<br />
'''Field Notebook:''' 30 points<br />
<br />
'''Worksheets/Quizzes''' 50 points (5 at 10 points each)<br />
<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/f/f6/Independent_observation_guidelines.pdf '''Independent Field Observations:'''] 35 points<br />
<br />
SEE: [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/c/c5/Ebird_Setup_Document.pdf Ebird Set-up Document] and [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/7/7f/POINT_COUNT_PROTOCOL.pdf Point Count Protocol] and [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/6/62/Point_Count_Datasheet.pdf Point Count Datasheet] and<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/3/38/Point_count_example.pdf Point Count Example]. <br />
<br />
Independent Field Observation Locations: [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/4/40/Heep_Site_Map.pdf Map of Hillside Environmental Education Project]or [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=208276875179231289772.0004b684a244c6b18ade9&msa=0 View the locations on Google Earth/Maps]<br />
<br />
'''Field Trips:''' 45 points (Field trips are required: you ''lose'' 5 points for every missed trip. Note that field trips are VERY subject to change, depending on birds, weather, circumstances, and whim. Don't assume you know what you are going to miss!)<br />
<br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/department/collections/index.html '''Collections'''] '''Work:''' 20 points (4 hours at 5 points per hour).<br />
<br />
You are also expected to keep a [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/f/fe/Field_Notebook_Guidelines.pdf '''Field Notebook.'''] Notebooks will be collected for grading, at random, throughout the course of the semester. You will earn up to a maximum of 30 points for your notebooks (no more than 10 points per grading event); '''you may not begin work on your independent observations until you have earned at least 20 points on your notebook'''.<br />
<br />
== Academic Rules/Conduct ==<br />
<br />
All students should be aware of the guidelines on academic integrity contained in the Student Conduct Code. The Conduct Code is available at http://www.dosa.uconn.edu/student_conduct.html.<br />
<br />
== Questions ==<br />
<br />
''If you have questions, by all means collar me or email me and ask. I will post both the questions (questioners will be anonymous) and answers here. <br />
''<br />
== Useful and Amusing Links ==<br />
<br />
===Online field guides===<br />
<br />
[http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/ Bird songs online!]<br />
<br />
[http://www.lab.fws.gov/featheratlas/ Feather Identification Resource Online!] The Feather Atlas of North American Birds provided high-resolution scans of flight feathers of the major groups of birds; useful for comparison with found feathers whose origin you aren't sure of. <br />
<br />
===Field guide apps===<br />
<br />
[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/22/technology/personaltech/22smart.html An article from the NY Times on smart phone apps for birding]<br />
<br />
[http://ibird.com/compare.aspx A feature comparison of various bird guide apps, inlcuding Sibley, Peterson, NatGeo, and iBird]<br />
<br />
[http://blog.aba.org/2011/10/digital-bird-song-identification-a-reality.html#comments A forthcoming app for automatically IDing bird song in the field]<br />
<br />
===Apps for finding birds===<br />
[http://www.getbirdseye.com/ Cornell's BirdsEye app (for finding recent sightings using the eBird database)]<br />
<br />
[http://ictbirds.wordpress.com/ iCTBirds: an app for finding birds in CT using the Connecticut Ornithological Association's CTBirds listserv]<br />
<br />
[http://www.ctbirdtrends.org/storrssightings.html A webpage that shows recent sightings from birding hotspots around Storrs (for free!), using the eBird database]<br />
<br />
===Bird blogs===<br />
<br />
[http://www.sibleyguides.com/ David Sibley's Blog], wherein the field guide guy riffs mostly on the finer and philosophical points of bird identification, and reports his experiments in window treatments to prevent bird strikes. <br />
<br />
[http://www.surfbirds.com/community-blogs/mbalame/2008/03/13/when-bad-photos-happen-to-good-birds/ North Coast (Oregon) Diaries] Comments on photo documentation versus detailed notes. See also the March 2, 2008 post on Ugly Gulls (browse Main calendar).<br />
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===Jobs in Ornithology===<br />
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[http://www.osnabirds.org/on/ornjobs.htm Jobs in Ornithology], the job board for the Ornithological Societies of North America. THE central clearing house for field research internships and jobs. <br />
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[http://listserv.umd.edu/archives/ecolog-l.html ECOLOG-L listserve postings] Job postings, other miscellaneous information and discussions about field ecology.<br />
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[http://beardsleyzoo.org/volunteer-gi1 CT Beardsley Zoo Summer Internships]<br />
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[[Category:EEB Courses]]</div>Christopher Fieldhttp://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=Bird_group_math_%26_stats_help&diff=20684Bird group math & stats help2012-02-05T03:04:22Z<p>Christopher Field: </p>
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<div>== Introduction ==<br />
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This page is designed to provide links to information on statistics and other mathematical topics that might be helpful to students in the bird group. Of course, others are welcome to use the site if it is helpful. <br />
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Please note that none of these materials are things that we have generated. Any credit should go to the fine people who have made their materials widely available.<br />
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Any comments/questions should be directed to [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/birdlab/elphick.html Chris Elphick].<br />
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== Data presentation ==<br />
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Advice on making graphs [http://biostat.mc.vanderbilt.edu/twiki/pub/Main/StatGraphCourse/graphscourse.pdf here] (includes R code).<br />
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A link to the an index of chart colors for plotting in R [http://research.stowers-institute.org/efg/R/Color/Chart/ here].<br />
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A list of all possible graphical parameters for plotting using R's basic graphics package [http://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-patched/library/graphics/html/par.html here].<br />
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== Statistics in R ==<br />
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A short guide to making R processes parallel (to speed up processing time) [http://www.matthewckeller.com/html/parallelization.html here].<br />
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== Jargon ==<br />
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[http://www.bmj.com/content/318/7199/1667.full The difference between parameters and variables explained.]<br />
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== Basic statistics ==<br />
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There's a whole bunch of statistics calculators that might be useful [http://www.danielsoper.com/statcalc/ here].<br />
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On-line statistics handbook covering introductory stats. Includes examples/SAS code.<br />
[http://udel.edu/~mcdonald/statintro.html] Please cite as requested.<br />
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Information on selecting between alternative statistical methods [http://www.epa.gov/bioiweb1/statprimer/tableall.html#clustrvcan here].<br />
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On-line software for conducting power analyses can be found [http://www.stat.uiowa.edu/~rlenth/Power/index.html here]. Please cite it as requested on the web page, if you use it.<br />
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Erdfelder, E., Faul, F., & Buchner, A. G*Power software. Free software for computing statistical power analyses. http://www.psycho.uni-duesseldorf.de/abteilungen/aap/gpower3/<br />
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Information for the USGS/NPS "Learn R" course is [http://www.fort.usgs.gov/brdscience/learnR.aspx here (Paul Geissler's site)] and [http://science.nature.nps.gov/im/monitor/stats/R/ here (Tom Philippi's site)].<br />
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Advice on data transformations [http://www.edmeasurement.net/matrix/notes/transformations.pdf here].<br />
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A nice explanation of ROC curves [http://gim.unmc.edu/dxtests/ROC1.htm here].<br />
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== Experimental design ==<br />
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A random (and very incomplete) collection of papers that might be useful:<br />
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* Cottingham et al. 2005. Knowing when to draw the line: designing more informative ecological experiments. Front. Ecol. Environ. 3: 145-152. (Compares use of regression vs. ANOVA.)<br />
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* Fowler, N. 1990. The 10 most common statistical errors. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 71: 161-164. At JSTOR [http://www.jstor.org/stable/20167201?seq=1 here].<br />
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* Guthery, F. S. 1987. Guidelines on preparing and reviewing manuscripts based on field experiments with unreplicated treatments. Wildlife Society Bulletin 15:306<br />
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* Heffner, R. A., M. J. Butler, and C. K. Reilly. 1996. Pseudoreplication revisited. Ecology 77:2558–2562.<br />
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* Hurlbert, S. H. 1984. Pseudoreplication and the design of ecological field experiments. Ecological Monographs 54:187–211. (Read this, then read it again, then look at it annually to remind yourself ...)<br />
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* Lang, T. 2004. Twenty statistical errors even YOU can find in biomedical research articles. Croatian Medical Journal 45: 361-370. On-line [http://www.cmj.hr/2004/45/4/15311405.pdf here].<br />
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More stuff to come as we find it and find time to post it ....<br />
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== Information theoretic methods ==<br />
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The main text book for this stuff (as it relates to ecology and wildlife biology) is [http://www.springer.com/statistics/statistical+theory+and+methods/book/978-0-387-95364-9 Burnham and Anderson's Model selection and multimodel inference: a practical information-theoretic approach (2002, 2nd Edition).] <br />
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[http://coopunit.forestry.uga.edu/unit_homepage/Peterson/fors8360 James Peterson (USGS Coop Unit, U. Georgia)] has posted some useful notes on calcuating AIC, model averaging, etc. [http://coopunit.forestry.uga.edu/unit_homepage/Peterson/fors8360/WILD8360/labs/akaike here]<br />
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Some papers on the topic:<br />
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[http://faculty.washington.edu/skalski/classes/QERM597/papers_xtra/Omland.pdf Johnson, J.B., and K.S. Omland. 2004. Model selection in ecology and evolution. TREE 19: 101-108.] <br />
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[http://research.amnh.org/~rfr/stephensetal05.pdf Stephens et al. 2005. Information theory and hypothesis testing: a call for pluralism. Journal of Applied Ecology 42: 4-12.] A response by [http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/117972283/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0 Lukas et al. is here,] and a rejoinder by [http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/117972314/abstract Stephens et al. here.]<br />
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[http://homepages.ucalgary.ca/~mosta/Gutheryetal2005_AICcritiqueandviewpoint.pdf Guthery, F.S. et al. 2005. Information theory in wildlife science: critique and viewpoint. Journal of Wildlife Management 69: 457-465.]<br />
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[http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.2193/2009-367 Arnold, T.W. 2010. Uninformative parameters and model selection using Akaike's Information Criterion. Journal of Wildlife Management 74:1174-1178.] A nice explanation of how to interpret models with delta-AIC<2 properly.<br />
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== Bayesian methods ==<br />
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A useful way to successfully implement negative binomial regression [http://www.unc.edu/courses/2008fall/ecol/563/001/docs/lectures/lecture14.htm here.]<br />
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== Demographic modelling and Population viability analysis (PVA) ==<br />
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Probably the best book for understanding how to do PVAs is [http://www.sinauer.com/detail.php?id=5460 Morris and Doak's Quantitative Conservation Biology: Theory and Practice of Population Viability Analysis (2002)]. All of the MATLAB code from their book is available for download [http://www.sinauer.com/PVA/ here].<br />
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Another excellent book, though with more emphasis on the broader implications of PVA and less on direct implementation, is [http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/hfs.cgi/00/14751.ctl Beissinger and McCullough's Population Viability Analysis (2002)] at least some of which can be viewed on Google books [http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=w8BYtEa6kX4C&dq=population+viability+analysis+Beissinger&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=xWKmk8VS4H&sig=W51VckRokQdcHweceIJautcFvSU here].<br />
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Kent Holsinger has posted an excellent summary of the basics of PVA [http://darwin.eeb.uconn.edu/eeb310/lecture-notes/pva/pva.html here], with explanations of Leslie Lefkovitch matrices, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, sensitivity analysis, etc.<br />
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There's a neat site [http://www.montana.edu/~wwwbi/staff/creel/bio480/leslie.html here] that helps you see how a Leslie matrix work.<br />
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Here's a reading list that I've used to introduce people wanting an introduction to population modeling in birds. (Links may not work unless you have journal access, e.g., via UConn libraries.)<br />
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* [http://www.jstor.org/sici?sici=0006-3568(198102)31%3A2%3C131%3AMPSFSC%3E2.0.CO%3B2-2 Shaffer, M.L. 1981. Minimum Population Sizes for Species Conservation. BioScience 31: 131-134.] (A good starting point for learning about the topic.)<br />
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* [http://www.jstor.org/stable/2461612 Shaffer, M.L. and F.B. Samson. 1985. Population size and extinction: a note on determining critical population sizes. American Naturalist 125: 144-152.]<br />
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* [http://www.jstor.org/sici?sici=00129658(1987)5%3C1412%3AASPMFL%3E2.0.CO%3B2-x Crouse et al. 1987. A Stage-Based Population Model for Loggerhead Sea Turtles and Implications for Conservation. Ecology 68: 1412-1423.] (A good introduction to the use of sensitivity analysis to guide conservation decisions.)<br />
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* [http://nature.berkeley.edu/~beis/Pubs_PDF/pub_docs/Kitemodel.pdf Beissinger, S.R. 1995. Modeling Extinction in Periodic Environments: Everglades Water Levels and Snail Kite Population Viability. Ecological Applications 5: 618-631.] (This paper shows how environmental variables that affect demography can be incorporated into models.)<br />
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* [http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007.01369.x?cookieSet=1 Elderd, B.D. and M. P. Nott. 2007. Hydrology, habitat change and population demography: an individual-based model for the endangered Cape Sable seaside sparrow Ammodramus maritimus mirabilis. Journal of Applied Ecology 45: 258–268.] (Useful because it is an individual-based model - also the species choice is a good one for our lab group.)<br />
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Papers from our group's work that might be useful:<br />
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* [http://ase.tufts.edu/biology/labs/reed/pdf/res-pub-1b.pdf Reed, J.M., C.S. Elphick, and L.W. Oring. 1998. Life-history and viability analysis of the endangered Hawaiian stilt. Biological Conservation 84:35-45.] (This paper looks at sensitivity analysis in a way that accounts for the feasibility of different management actions, rather than in strictly mathematical terms.)<br />
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* [http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2006.01265.x Ellis, M.M., and C.S. Elphick. 2007. Using a stochastic model to examine the ecological, economic and ethical consequences of population control in a charismatic invasive species: mute swans in North America. Journal of Applied Ecology 44: 312-322.] (This paper looks at the ways that demographic models can look at different aspects of the both biological and societal aspects of management decisions involving non-native species.)</div>Christopher Fieldhttp://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=Current_Topics_in_Conservation_Biology&diff=20541Current Topics in Conservation Biology2012-01-29T17:13:34Z<p>Christopher Field: </p>
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<div>== EEB 5370: Conservation trade-offs (Spring 2012) ==<br />
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'''Credits:''' 1<br />
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'''Instructor:''' [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/birdlab/elphick.html Chris Elphick] (email: chris.elphick[AT]uconn.edu)<br />
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'''Meeting time:''' 5-6 Monday<br />
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'''Location:''' Bamford (TLS 179)<br />
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The topic of this seminar course varies from year to year depending on what is "current" in conservation biology and what students in the program are interested in focusing on. Usually we pick a recent book or selected readings focused around a specific theme in order to get a deeper understanding of the topic than would be normal in a survey course. If you have suggestions for future topics, please let me know.<br />
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This year, the topic will be trade-offs in conservation. Given the many competing priorities and limited resources that managers face, effectively addressing this topic is perhaps the single biggest challenge facing conservation biologists. We will read and discuss the book [http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1405193832.html Trade-offs in Conservation: Deciding What to Save] (Leader-Williams et al. 2010, Wiley-Blackwell), which addresses this topic from a diversity of perspectives (authors include those with backgrounds in economics, anthropology, the law, etc., as well as ecologists).<br />
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The course is required for students in the EEB BS/MS program, but is open to all graduate students. A few senior (and occasionally junior) undergraduates also take the course every year, and I encourage you to do so if you are interested. To be eligible as an undergraduate, you should have at least a B average and should talk to me first. Undergraduates will need a permission number to enroll. The course is limited to ~12-15 students each year and I occasionally have to turn people away, but we try to accommodate as many people as possible. Priority is given to students in the BS/MS program who need the course to graduate. Post-docs, adjuncts, and (even) faculty are welcome to join in the fun.<br />
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== Schedule (subject to change) ==<br />
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A tentative schedule is posted below. Everyone should sign up to lead the discussion one week (see next section for tips on leading effectively). If you have EEBedia editing rights (i.e., if you are an EEB graduate student) then you can go in yourself and sign up to present. If you do not, email me and tell me when you'd like to lead so that I can put you on the schedule. If you are flexible on your topic/date, then include a note at the bottom of the schedule so that others know they can move things around. DO NOT MOVE ANYONE TO A DIFFERENT SLOT WITHOUT ASKING THEM FIRST. After the first meeting, I will assign weeks to anyone who has not yet signed up.<br />
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|23 Jan || Chris E. || What to save? || Ch 1 || <br />
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|30 Jan || Chris F. || Setting priorities || Ch 2 || [https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B5xwAKffMAPhZjQ4ZjRiZGUtMjVlNi00OTgzLWFjNWYtOGI1NGYwMmJhNzA3 questions to think about]<br />
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|6 Feb || || Identifying global priority areas || Ch 3 || <br />
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|13 Feb || Heidi || Ecosystem services and human well-being || Ch 4 || <br />
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|20 Feb ||Chris Field || Defining & measuring success || Ch 5 || <br />
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|27 Feb || Kasey || What matters? Inverts and Animal Welfare || Ch 6,7 || <br />
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|5 Mar || Katie || Protection, use, sustainability || Ch 8,13 || <br />
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|12 Mar || ---- || NO MEETING: SPRING BREAK || ---- || [http://www.ccnr.uconn.edu/ Connecticut Conference on Natural Resources]<br />
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|19 Mar || Marilyn || Poverty and human conflict || Ch 9,14 || <br />
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|26 Mar || Ben || Funding conservation ||Ch 11,12 ||<br />
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|2 Apr || Manette || Knowing vs doing || Ch 15,16 ||<br />
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|9 Apr || Nikisha || Traditions and politics || Ch 10,17 ||<br />
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|16 Apr || || Drivers of change || Ch 18, 19 || <br />
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|23 Apr || Chris E. || Conclusions ||Ch 20 || <br />
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== Expectations ==<br />
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Here are some general comments about my expectations for the class. Exact details will vary depending on the semester's topic. Generally we will read papers or have presentations and discuss them in class each week. Most discussions will be led by students, and everyone is expected to sign up to lead at least one discussion. The schedule is posted above. <br />
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'''Discussion leaders:''' Generally, my expectation is that you will present a 5-10 minute (NO MORE!) introduction to the topic. Your introduction should draw on the readings, but should not simply re-state what we have all read. Simply reiterating what the readings say is boring and doesn't accomplish much. Instead, your job as leader is to get a discussion going. This is hard (and I will help), but far more interesting for everyone involved. Here are some tips:<br />
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* Make sure that you have enough to say to keep things moving, but do not feel that you have to say everything that you have thought of or cover every idea in the readings. If the conversation is going well, just let it take its course. The worst thing that can happen is that no one says anything. The next worst thing is that the leader completely dominates the conversation (I can be guilty of this sin myself, so feel free to cut me off if I'm talking too much).<br />
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* In your introduction, try to synthesize the material and draw out the major points. What are the 3-5 things you'd tell your parents if you were going to explain this to them over dinner - the chances are good that these are the same things we should be focused on. Also, feel free to supplement the reading material with other information on the topic to broaden the discussion.<br />
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* Come with a list of questions to ask (more than you think you'll need). The more specific the questions are the better, as this makes them easier for people to respond to. Email around some questions a day or two before class so that people can think about them while they are reading the materials (if you email them to me, I will forward them to the rest of the class).<br />
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* Ask people what surprised them, and why. If you're not leading, think how you'd answer this question. If people complain about the readings, ask them how things could have been done better, or what needs to be done next.<br />
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* Where possible, try to relate your topic to those we have discussed in previous weeks so that the ideas covered by the class build over the course of the semester. <br />
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* Being purposefully provocative (even if you don't believe what you're saying) can often help to get people talking. If the material is appropriate, set the discussion up as a debate - tell half the class that they have to argue one side and the other half that they have to argue the opposite. This approach can force people to really think about the ideas and about their preconceptions. If you are going to do this, it is best to warn people ahead of time (though don't tell them which side they will be on).<br />
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* When you ask a question, give people lots of time to respond. A good rule is to (slowly) count to 10 in your head before moving on. This is because (a) it often takes people this long to formulate something to say and (b) the uncomfortable silence (and it can be excruciating) is often what it takes to get people talking. This sounds (and can feel) horrible, but it really works, and the discussions that result are much richer.<br />
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* If no one answers a question, and there is a simple yes/no, do you agree/disagree, type answer, then ask for a show of hands - then you can focus in on individuals and ask them to explain their response.<br />
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* Don't pick on individuals and make them comment unless you have to. But if no one says anything, then it is OK to do this. Everyone else is responsible for reading and thinking about the material too, so it should not be a surprise to them. Even though you are in charge of running things, the responsibility for maintaining a discussion lies with everyone in the room. If you think people are not engaging in the discussion enough, then it is '''your''' job to do something about it ... don't just expect me to do it for you.<br />
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* Finally, in weeks when you are not leading, make sure that you have thought about the material enough that you can help the leader out. Come with at least 2 or 3 ideas to talk about if things get too quiet. If the leader has sent out questions, actually think about them before class. And be responsible about doing the reading. If you do all this stuff, others will do the same when it's your turn to lead.<br />
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The hardest part is getting the conversation started. Once it's going, it will often run itself - and if it is doing this you should let it. I've been running seminars for a few years now, and I'm only just getting to where I realize that my job is to say as little as possible. If I talk the whole time, then I'm essentially lecturing ... and this is not a lecture format ... the goals are very different, they are to get people thinking on their feet and discussing ideas to help them learn the stuff for themselves. But, it is your job to ensure that we are not just subjected to silence.<br />
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'''PowerPoint:''' When presenting a reading, I don't really mind whether you use PowerPoint or not. Often, it is not necessary, but sometimes it can help by putting up key talking points where everyone can see them. If you do use PowerPoint, it should be to help maintain a conversation, not to just reiterate what is in the reading. If there are figures that you want to ask questions about, then putting them up on a screen can be very useful. Likewise, having your questions on screen for people to refer to can help. I will reserve a projector for each class session, but you will need to go and get it from the EEB office before class. If you do not have a laptop, let me know and I will bring mine. <br />
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'''Grading:''' The course is S/U and it is unusual for people to fail. But, if you hardly ever participate in the discussions, I will fail you. '''''This is your only warning!!'''''<br />
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'' If you have never led a discussion in a seminar course before, or feel nervous about doing so, please talk to me beforehand. It isn't as hard as it might seem, and it's always easier if you're well prepared and know what to expect.''<br />
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== Discussion/News ==<br />
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If you have any information related to the course (e.g., relevant news items, related web links, etc.), feel free to post it here. Please put the date first, then your name; be concise; and organize the list so that items are in reverse chronological order. For an example of the right format, check out my Conservation Biology in the News site [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Conservation_biology_in_the_news here]. If you're not an EEB graduate student, then you can email items to me and I will add them, but please send them to me in the right format.<br />
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== Course history ==<br />
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If you are interested in the topics that we have covered in this class in past years, I have preserved previous versions of the web page, linked below.<br />
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During 2011, the topic was climate change. To see what was covered during that course, <br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Climate_change_%28EEB_5370:_Spring_2011%29 click here].<br />
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During 2010, the topic was invasion biology. To see what we covered during that course, <br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Invasion_Biology_%28EEB_5370:_Spring_2010%29 click here].<br />
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During 2009, the topic was evidence-based conservation. To see what we covered during that course, [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evidence-based_Conservation click here].<br />
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During 2008, the topic was the history of the U.S. Endangered Species Act. To see what we covered during that course, [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/EEB_489:_Conservation_and_the_Endangered_Species_Act_(Spring_2008) click here].<br />
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During 2007, the topic was the biological consequences of climate change. To see what we covered during that course, [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB489/ click here].<br />
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During 2006, the topic was the conservation implications of invasive species. To see what we covered during that course, [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB489/EEB489_2006_syllabus_invasives.htm click here].<br />
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During 2005, the topic was relating general conservation approaches to local problems in New England. To see what we covered during that course, [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB489/EEB489_2005_syllabus.htm click here].<br />
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During 2004, the topic was the role of science in the U.S. Endangered Species Act. To see what we covered during that course, [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB489/EEB489_2004_syllabus.htm click here]; for a reading list, [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB489/ESA_readings.htm click here].<br />
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== Other information ==<br />
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For information about EEB's Joint B.S./M.S. degree program in Biodiversity and Conservation Biology [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/department/BSMS/ click here]<br />
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For information about the Society for Conservation Biology [http://www.conbio.org/?CFID=6617594&CFTOKEN=86148795 click here]<br />
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For information on jobs in conservation biology [http://www.conbio.org/resources/?CFID=6617594&CFTOKEN=86148795 click here]<br />
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For information on jobs in wildlife biology [http://wfsc.tamu.edu/jobboard/index.htm click here]<br />
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[[Category:EEB Seminars]]</div>Christopher Field