HOME Syllabus contents: Course Description Grading Policy Required Readings Other Items	ESC 452, Fall Quarter, 2003 Field Ornithology Hutton's Vireo
	Syllabus Instructor: David A. Manuwal Office: 101 Winkenwerder Office Hours:1:30 Tuesdays e-mail: auklet@u.washington.edu Phones: 206-543-1585 Class Meets Mondays and Wednesdays 2:30-5:20 Location:Burke Museum
	Course Description You will learn field identification skills and will be introduced to field methodologies through required indoor labs, field trips, and field exercises. Exercises include study of survey techniques, feeding ecology, and behavior. Some work on a computer CD-ROM program will also be required. Students are required to share field trip costs. Prerequisite: either BIOL 102, BIOL 202, or BIOL 203, any of which may be taken concurrently. Offered in odd years. . <-- RETURN TO TOP Grading Policy Grades are assigned based on the percentage of the total number of points available for the course and whether you improved during the quarter. Grade Percentage of Points 4.0 92 3.5 85 3.0 80 2.5 75 2.0 70     <-- RETURN TO TOP Required Readings Field Guide National Geographic Society, North American Birds, 3rd Ed.   <-- RETURN TO TOP Taxonomic List You are responsible for the Orders, Familes (only for Passeriformes) and common names of selected species in the following Orders and Families. The number in parentheses is the number of species you need to identify in that group. See the complete list of species (180) to be identified in the handout. There are also a few species for which you will need to learn the songs and calls that they produce. Orders and Families Gaviiformes (2)-loons Podicipediformes (3)- grebes Procellariiformes (3)-albatrosses,petrels, shearwaters Pelecaniformes (3)-pelicans, cormorants Ciconiformes(2)-herons Anseriformes (21)-waterfowl:swans, geese, and ducks Falconiformes (10)-vultures,eagles,hawks, falcons Galliformes(6)-gallinaceous birds:grouse,quail, pheasant Gruiformes(3)-rails, coots, cranes Charadriiformes(34)-shorebirds,gulls,terns,alcids Columbiformes (3)-doves, pigeons Cuculiformes (1)-cuckoos Strigiformes (7)-owls Caprimulgiformes (1)- nighthawks Apodiformes (4) -swifts, hummingbirds Coraciformes (1)-kingfishers Piciformes (7)-woodpeckers Passeriformes (69)- perching birds (songbirds) Family: Tyrannidae-flycatchers,kingbirds Family: Alaudidae-larks Family: Hirundinidae-swallows Family: Corvidae-jays,crows,raven,nutcracker,magpies Family: Paridae-chickadees Family:Aegithalidae-bushtit Family: Sittidae-nuthatches Family: Certhidae-creepers Family: Troglodytidae-wrens Family: Cinclidae-dippers Family: Muscicapidae-kinglets,thrushes Family: Bombycillidae-waxwings Family: Laniidae-shrikes Family: Sturnidae-European starling Family: Vireonidae-vireos Family: Emberizidae-warblers,grosbeaks, towhees,blackbirds sparrows Family: Fringillidae-finches Family: Passeridae-weaverfinches: house sparrow
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