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
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]