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 15
We completed and reviewed the cardinals on page 430 and began the buntings on page 432. Pyrrhuloxia photos and
a discussion including an itemized list of records are here.
Recent Dickcissel photos are here and here.
Please preregister if you plan to enroll in the Spring. Click here for details.
December 8
We completed and reviewed the grosbeaks on page 428. Click here
for a photo and discussion of a possible gynadromorph Rose-breasted Grosbeak and a link to the my paper on grosbeak
identification. My photos of a Rose-breasted Grosbeak at San Gregorio are here.
Click here for photos of a male and female Rose-breasted
Grosbeak at Gazos Creek.
December 4 - Click here for a photo
by Peter Seubert of the albino California Towhee on our Sutro Heights Park Field Trip.
December 1
We completed and reviewed the buntings on pages 424 and 426. Click here
for my photos and discussion of the Clifton Court Snow Bunting and here
for Kathy Robertson's photos of the San Leandro Marina Snow Bunting. Additional Snow Bunting photos from California
are here and here.
A photo of the male McKay's Bunting I saw in Alaska is here.
Photos of a Rustic Bunting in Washington are here.
November 17
We completed and reviewed the longspurs on pages 422. Click here
for photos and discussion of the Moss Landing Smith's Longspur and the Point Reyes Sky Lark.
Note: There is no class next week because it is a school holiday. Classes resume December
1st.
November 10
We completed and reviewed the longspurs on pages 420. Click here
for my photos of breeding plumage McCown's and Chestnut-collared Longspurs in Colorado. Click here
for photos of the Chestnut-collared Longspurs being seen currently at Hayward. Click
here for a photo of a Chestnut-collared Longspur at Hayward last year. My photos of one of those birds are
here and here.
Here is a McCown's Longspur at San Clemente Island
last year.
November 3
We completed and reviewed the juncos on pages 418.
October 27
We completed and reviewed the sparrows on pages 416. Click here
for a photo of a Harris's Sparrow in Kern County.
Note: This was the last class for Part A. Please register as soon as possible for Part
B (EA115) which starts November 3rd. You can register
online, or mail or fax this registration
form. Fee is $100 for this 6-week class.
October 20
We completed and reviewed the sparrows on pages 414.
October 13
We completed and reviewed the sparrows on pages 412. Photos of the Lark Bunting currently being seen at Bayfront
Park in Menlo Park are here, and here.
Click here for a photo of a "large-billed"
Savannah Sparrow at the Salton Sea. Click here for a photo
of a "large-billed" Savannah Sparrow at Imperial Beach. Click here
for a photo and discussion of a "large-billed" Savannah Sparrow in Ventura County. Click here
for a photo and discussion of a juvenile Savannah Sparrow.
October 6
We completed and reviewed the sparrows on pages 410. Click here
for photos of a Le Conte's Sparrow at Arcata in December 2003 and here
for a Le Conte's at the Salton Sea in January 2003. A photo of a Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow in Ventura County
is here.
September 29
We completed and reviewed the sparrows on pages 408. Click here
for a photo and discussion of Grasshopper Sparrow identification. More photos and discussion of Baird's Sparrow
identification are here.
September 22
We completed and reviewed the sparrows on pages 406.
September 15
We completed and reviewed the Spizella sparrows on pages 402 and 404. Click here
and here for photos I took of a Clay-colored
Sparrow in our yard in Pacifica, October 24, 2003. Photos of a Brewer's Sparrow at Big Sur last Monday, September
13, 2004 are here. Photos and discussion of a controversial
Clay-colored Sparrow in San Francisco are here.