Difference between revisions of "Field Ornithology"
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• Tentative* schedule: | • Tentative* schedule: | ||
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| + | Week 1 Topic [assignment] Week 2 Topic [assignment] Week 3 Topic [assignment] | ||
| + | M 08 -Course introduction | ||
| + | -Bird identification | ||
| + | [Sibley intro/ lecture notes handout] M 15 -Point count/transect lecture & activity | ||
| + | [Manuwal & Carey 1991 pgs. 11-14; Reynolds et al. 1980] M 22 -Group project(s) | ||
| + | [TBA] | ||
| + | T 09 -Distance calibration | ||
| + | -Survey of local birds | ||
| + | [TBA] T 16 -Territory mapping lecture & activity (I) | ||
| + | [Manuwal & Carey 1991 pgs. 14-17/ Ortega & Cappen 1999] T 23 Survey of forest birds | ||
| + | [TBA] | ||
| + | W 10 -Primer of avian ecology | ||
| + | -Survey of local birds | ||
| + | [MacArthur 1958] W 17 -Behavioral observation lecture & activity | ||
| + | [Green et al. 1996] | ||
| + | W 24 Survey of coastal birds | ||
| + | [TBA] | ||
| + | Th 11 -Survey of local birds | ||
| + | -Census techniques lecture – line transects | ||
| + | [Manuwal & Carey 1991 pgs. 9-11; Anderson et al. 1979] Th 18 -Density estimation lecture & activity | ||
| + | [Thomas et al. 2002] | ||
| + | -Territory mapping activity (II) Th 25 -Habitat diversity & community analysis | ||
| + | [Stiling, Chapt.16] | ||
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| + | F 12 -Exam 1 | ||
| + | -Mist-netting/banding | ||
| + | (Pomfret Audubon Center) | ||
| + | [Silkeye et al. 1999] F 19 -Exam 2 | ||
| + | Habitat measurement | ||
| + | lecture & activity | ||
| + | [Bibby et al. 1985] | ||
| + | F 26 -Instructor evaluations | ||
| + | -Final exam | ||
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[[Category:EEB Courses]] | [[Category:EEB Courses]] | ||
Revision as of 16:49, 12 May 2009
EEB 3898 Field Methods in Ornithology
Intensive Summer Session 1, June 8th - 26th, 2009 MTWThF
Instructor: Diego Sustaita
Office: Biol/Pharm 404
Phone: 860-486-0309
Office hours: variable & flexible (call, email, drop by)
Course Objectives
• Acquire bird identification skills
• Learn basic field research techniques, study design, and data analysis
• Develop basic understanding of local bird biology & ecology
• Tentative* schedule:
Week 1 Topic [assignment] Week 2 Topic [assignment] Week 3 Topic [assignment] M 08 -Course introduction -Bird identification [Sibley intro/ lecture notes handout] M 15 -Point count/transect lecture & activity [Manuwal & Carey 1991 pgs. 11-14; Reynolds et al. 1980] M 22 -Group project(s) [TBA] T 09 -Distance calibration -Survey of local birds [TBA] T 16 -Territory mapping lecture & activity (I) [Manuwal & Carey 1991 pgs. 14-17/ Ortega & Cappen 1999] T 23 Survey of forest birds [TBA] W 10 -Primer of avian ecology -Survey of local birds [MacArthur 1958] W 17 -Behavioral observation lecture & activity [Green et al. 1996] W 24 Survey of coastal birds [TBA] Th 11 -Survey of local birds -Census techniques lecture – line transects
[Manuwal & Carey 1991 pgs. 9-11; Anderson et al. 1979] Th 18 -Density estimation lecture & activity
[Thomas et al. 2002] -Territory mapping activity (II) Th 25 -Habitat diversity & community analysis [Stiling, Chapt.16]
F 12 -Exam 1 -Mist-netting/banding (Pomfret Audubon Center) [Silkeye et al. 1999] F 19 -Exam 2 Habitat measurement lecture & activity [Bibby et al. 1985] F 26 -Instructor evaluations -Final exam
