Field Ornithology
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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:
Day | Topic | Day | Topic | Day | Topic |
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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] |