Lecture Syllabus
The syllabus provides a summary of lecture topics, lab activities, assigned readings and assignment due dates. Friday morning lab topics, meeting locations, and field trip times and locations are included. The syllabus is subject to revision during the semester. Check the course web page for updates as well as announcements and details about labs and field trips. Recordings of all Monday and Wednesday lectures will be available via a Panopto folder HERE. Larger pdf files from lectures (1 slide per page) are available HERE.
| Date | Day | Topic | Chapters | Readings | Notes | Deadlines |
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| 1/10 | M | Course Overview |
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| 1/12 | W | Sampling and Detection Probability | Measurement Error | Detection Probability
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| 1/17 | M | Holiday |
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| 1/19 | W | Classification, Evolution, Origin of Birds
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1,2,3 | Evolution of feathers and flight Early Origin of Feathers How many species of birds |
Chapters 1-3 | |
| 1/24 | M | Flight - Anatomy, Form and Function Feathers |
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| 1/26 | W | Flight | 5 | Power Curves and Bird Flight.pdf Frigatebird Flight Performance.pdf |
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| 1/31 | M | Physiology | 6 | |||
| 2/2 | W | Feeding I | 6 | Bill Size in Darwin's Finches | ||
| 2/7 | M | Feeding II | ||||
| 2/9 | W | Senses, brain, vision | 7 | Birds and Chili Peppers UV Vision in Birds.pdf |
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| 2/14 | M | Vocalizations | 8 | Chapter 8 | ||
| 2/16 | W | EXAM I |
Turn in Field Notebooks | |||
| 2/21 | M | Annual Cycles | 9 | |||
| 2/23 | W | Migration | 10 | Albatross Data Loggers.pdf Stutchbury Science 2009.pdf Kays Animal Tracking |
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| 2/28 | M | Orientation, & Navigation | 10 | Migrant Memory.pdf | ||
| 3/2 | W | Social Behavior | 11 | Grubb Winter Flocks.pdf | Chapter 11 | First scientific writing assignment due |
| 3/7 | M | Mates and Breeding Systems | 12,13 | Bowerbird Illusions | ||
| 3/9 | W | Reproduction | 14 | |||
3/14 3/16 |
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Spring Break | ||||
| 3/21 | M | Nests and Incubation |
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| 3/23 | W | Growth and Development |
16 | Chapter 16a | ||
| 3/28 | M | Parental Care Brood Parasitism Cooperative Breeding |
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| 3/30 | W | EXAM II | ||||
| 4/4 | M | Demography |
17 | Ricklefs 2000.pdf | Chapters 17&18 | |
| 4/6 | W | Populations |
18 | Martin Clutch Size.pdf
Martin Clutch Size2.pdf TREE Clutch Size.pdf |
Second scientific writing assignment due | |
| 4/11 | M | Species and Communities |
19,20 | Chapters 19 & 20 | ||
| 4/13 | W | Conservation: Legislation, Major Principles
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Umbrella Species.pdf Evaluation of RCW Safe Harbor Program |
Chapter 21 | ||
| 4/18 | M | Neotropical Migrants
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Wilcove Artificial Nest.pdf State of the Birds Birding in the US (optional) Robbins.pdf |
Neotropical Migrants, Marine Birds, Shorebirds |
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| 4/20 | W | In Class Identification Test |
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| 4/25 | M | Alaskan Adventure! Marine Birds and Shorebirds |
MobileProtectedAreas for Marine Birds Oil, Seabirds, and Science |
Marine and shorebirds | ||
| 5/4 | W |
Final Exam 8:30-11:00 |
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