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] |
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] |