Ornithology 2B Summary

If you miss a class, please check this page and study the listed topics in your field guide. Click here for last year's calendar. My key to gull identification is available here: http://fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us/~jmorlan/gull_key.pdf

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Dec 12
We completed and reviewed the terns on page 220. Details and photos of the basic plumage White-winged Tern at Moonglow Dairy are here. Please preregister if you plan to enroll in the Spring. Click here for details.
Dec 5
We completed and reviewed the terns on page 218.
Nov 28
We completed and reviewed the terns on page 216.
Nov 14
We completed and reviewed the terns on page 214. There is no class next week because of the Thanksgiving holiday.
Nov 7
We completed and reviewed the gulls on page 210.
Oct 31
We completed and reviewed the gulls on page 208. Photos and details on the probable immature Slaty-backed Gull from Davis are here. The possible adult Slaty-backed from Folsom Lake is shown here. An unaccepted Slaty-backed Gull from the Salton Sea is here. Information on the immature Lesser Black-backed Gull from Lake Cunningham is here.
Oct 24
We completed and reviewed the gulls on page 206.
Oct 17
We completed and reviewed the gulls on page 204. This was the last class of the quarter. If you have not registered for EA115 yet, be sure to register by next Wednesday.
Oct 10
We completed and reviewed the gulls on page 202.
Oct 3
We completed and reviewed the gulls on page 200. Photos and details of the Band-tailed Gull in San Diego are here.
Sep 26
We completed and reviewed the gulls on page 198.
Sep 19
We completed and reviewed the gulls on page 196.
Sep 12
We completed and reviewed the gulls on page 194.
Sep 5
We completed and reviewed the jaegers on page 192.