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− | '''Intensive Summer Session, May | + | '''Intensive Summer Session, May 12th - 30th, 2014''' '''MTWThF''' |
'''Meets:''' 8 am to 11 am, TLS 371 | '''Meets:''' 8 am to 11 am, TLS 371 | ||
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| T 14 || Topography and Field Marks (Homework: Sibley Field Guide pags. 18-24); Feet, Beaks and Body Form; Field exercises, start project thinking | | T 14 || Topography and Field Marks (Homework: Sibley Field Guide pags. 18-24); Feet, Beaks and Body Form; Field exercises, start project thinking | ||
|| T 21 || Review; Individual project presentations; Paper submission (Introduction and Methods) | || T 21 || Review; Individual project presentations; Paper submission (Introduction and Methods) | ||
− | || T 28 || Survey of coastal birds | + | || T 28 || Survey of coastal birds (Barn Island) |
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| W 15 || Field research techniques, hypotheses testing, study design, and data analysis | | W 15 || Field research techniques, hypotheses testing, study design, and data analysis | ||
− | || W 22 || MIDTERM EXAM | + | || W 22 || MIDTERM EXAM |
− | || W 29 || Project presentations | + | || W 29 || Project presentations; birding after (Mansfield Hollow). Field notebooks (Final Submission) |
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| Th 16 || {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldornithology/andersonetal.1979.pdf}}Anderson et al. 1979 | | Th 16 || {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldornithology/andersonetal.1979.pdf}}Anderson et al. 1979 | ||
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Field Notebook Submissions: | Field Notebook Submissions: | ||
May 20th (First) [20 points]; | May 20th (First) [20 points]; | ||
− | May | + | May 29th (Final) [25 points] |
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'''Additional References & Websites''' | '''Additional References & Websites''' | ||
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+ | • Local Birds ID tool: http://www.whatbird.com/Expert/Expert.aspx | ||
• MANUAL OF ORNITHOLOGY (Yale Univ.), by N.S. Proctor and P.J. Lynch: http://books.google.com/books?id=nQ3vLQkEWQMC&printsec=frontcover&dq=general+warbler+bill+shape#v=onepage&q&f=false | • MANUAL OF ORNITHOLOGY (Yale Univ.), by N.S. Proctor and P.J. Lynch: http://books.google.com/books?id=nQ3vLQkEWQMC&printsec=frontcover&dq=general+warbler+bill+shape#v=onepage&q&f=false |
Revision as of 23:08, 8 April 2014
EEB 3898: Field Methods in Ornithology
Intensive Summer Session, May 12th - 30th, 2014 MTWThF
Meets: 8 am to 11 am, TLS 371
Instructor: Alejandro Rico
Office: Biol/Pharm 404
Phone: 860-486-0309
Office hours: variable & flexible (call, email, drop by)
Course Objectives
➢ Acquire bird identification skills
➢ Learn how to take field notes
➢ Learn and apply basic field techniques, study design, and data analysis
➢ Develop a research project
➢ Improve collaboration skills
Course Materials
• Required
o The Sibley Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern North America
o Binoculars (available from us if you don’t have any)
o Field notepad/notebook ( Basic guidelines)
o Closed-toe shoes (no sandals) or hiking boots, & proper outdoor clothing (poison ivy, weather)
• Recommended
o Sibley’s birding basics
o Birding by Ear: Eastern and Central North America
o Insect repellent (ticks, mosquitoes)
o Sunscreen
Tentative* schedule
*: Schedule is subject to change pending weather conditions, or unforeseen birding and research opportunities.
Grading
Exams: May 22nd (MIDTERM) [50 points]; May 31st (FINAL) [50 points]
Project Paper:
May 21st (Intro and Methods) [30 points];
May 30th (Final) [50 points]
Project Presentations:
May 21st (Intro and Methods) [20 points];
May 29th (Final) [25 points]
Field Notebook Submissions:
May 20th (First) [20 points];
May 29th (Final) [25 points]
Field trips = Birding exercises (5 points each):
Dates will be weather dependent [30 points]
Total: [300 points]
Grading scale: A = 100-90%, B = 89-80%, C = 79-70%, D = 69-60%, F = 59-0%.
Plus/minus system will be used for the final grade.
Additional References & Websites
• Local Birds ID tool: http://www.whatbird.com/Expert/Expert.aspx
• MANUAL OF ORNITHOLOGY (Yale Univ.), by N.S. Proctor and P.J. Lynch: http://books.google.com/books?id=nQ3vLQkEWQMC&printsec=frontcover&dq=general+warbler+bill+shape#v=onepage&q&f=false
• Bibby CJ, Burgess ND, Hill DA, Mustoe S, editors. 2000. Bird census techniques. San Diego, USA: Academic Press.: http://books.google.com/books?id=Ld5wkzPp49cC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Bibby&ie=ISO-8859-1&cd=2&source=gbs_gdata#v=onepage&q&f=false
• Gill F. 2007. Ornithology. New York: W. H. Freeman and Company. : http://books.google.com/books?id=zM0tG5ApO0UC&printsec=frontcover&dq=ornithology+gill&hl=en&src=bmrr&ei=4iTsTfHvN4b2gAeg3o3ZCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false
• Stiling P. 1999. Ecology: theories and application. New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
• Clark, G. A. 1999. Birds of Storrs, Connecticut and vicinity. 3rd Ed. Mansfield, CT: Natchaug Ornithological Society & Joshua’s Tract Conservation and Historic Trust.
• SORA (Searchable Ornithological Research Archive): http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/index.php
• Cornell Lab of Ornithology “All About Birds”: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds
• Natchaug Ornithological Society: http://www.nosbird.org/ (esp. “local hotspots” http://www.nosbird.org/hotspots.html)
• Connecticut Ornithological Association: http://www.ctbirding.org/index.htm
• CT Audubon Society: http://www.ctaudubon.org/
• CT Department of Environmental Protection: http://www.ct.gov/dep/site/default.asp
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