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.
December 11
We completed and reviewed the flycatchers on pages 296. Details and a photo of the Great Crested Flycatcher
at Bodega Bay are here. Details and photos of the Nutting's
Flycatcher at Mason Park are here. Details and photos
of the Nutting's Flycatcher at Lake Pategonia are here. Details
and photos of a Dusky-capped Flycatcher in Oakland are here.
Please preregister if you plan to enroll in the Spring. Click here for details.
December 4
We completed and reviewed the flycatchers on pages 294. Excellent Vermilion Flycatcher pictures from San Jacinto
WMA are here.
November 20
We completed and reviewed the flycatchers on pages 292. There is no class next week because
of the Thanksgiving Holiday.
November 13
We completed and reviewed the flycatchers on pages 290.
November 6
We completed and reviewed the flycatchers on pages 286 and 288.
October 30
We reviewed the 4th edition of the National Geographic Field Guide. You can read my comments here.
We completed and reviewed the woodpeckers on page 284 and the pewees on page 286. Photos and discussion of a Greater
Pewee in Southern California are here. A photo of a controversial
pewee from the Farallons is here. I still think it
looks like an Eastern Wood-Pewee. Two different Eastern Wood-Pewee songs with sonograms are
here. A photo and description of an Eastern Wood-Pewee from Point Reyes is here.
October 23
We completed and reviewed the woodpeckers on page 282.
October 16
We completed the sapsuckers on page 278 and the woodpeckers on page 280. For more information on sapsuckers
click here. A photo of the Williamson's Sapsucker in Strybing
Arboretum is here. This was the last
class for Part A. Next week we are moving to room 307. Please register for Part B next week.
October 9
We completed and reviewed the woodpeckers on page 276.
October 2
We completed and reviewed the woodpeckers on page 274.
September 25
We completed and reviewed the trogons and kingfishers on pages 270 & 272.
September 18
We completed and reviewed the hummingbirds page 270. For answers to one of the mystery quiz birds, click here.
September 11
We completed and reviewed the hummingbirds page 268. For answers to one of the mysteryquiz birds, click here.
September 4
We completed and reviewed the hummingbirds pages 264 and 266. A summary of updates to the AOU Check-List is
here. The full text is here.