Ornithology 3A Summary (Spring 2012)

If you miss a class, please check this page and study the listed topics in your field guide. For last year's summary, click here.

Class notes by Elisabeth Koster are here.

Please register at eBird and email me your eBird ID. I can then offer to share field trip lists with you.

Click here for a summary of bird name changes from the 52nd AOU supplement.

Click here for my first impression review of the 6th edition of the National Geographic Guide. I recommend everybody upgrade to this edition as soon as possible.

Clcik here for information on my hummingbird seminar at CCSF at noon Friday, 24 February in room 300 of the Science Building on the Ocean Campus.

Note: There will be paid event parking on Thursday night 23 February. To avoid paying the $10 parking fee, you will need to have a permit. Permits will be given out next week on 16 February. If you are not in class next week, you should arrange to have somebody pick up a permit for you to avoid the parking fee.

February 16, 2012
We plan to complete and review the shorebirds on page 172 and begin the shorebirds on page 174. Click here for photos and analysis of juvenile yellowlegs. Click here for my photo of a juvenile Lesser Yellowlegs at Pescadero.

February 9, 2012
We started the shorebirds on page 172. Click here for a synopsis of color characteristics in oystercatchers. Click here for a photo of an apparent hybrid Black X American Oystercatcher. Click here for an article I coauthored on hybridization between the American Avocet and the Black-necked Stilt. Click here for the back cover photos. Black-necked Stilt photos are here, here and here. American Avocet photos are here and here.