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. I've been posting some Australia photos here.
Please preregister if you plan to enroll in the Spring. Click here for details.
December 7
We completed and reviewed the bitterns and night-herons on page 56. My series of photos of an American
Bittern at Shollenberger Park in Petaluma were posted here
(Yahoo group membership may be required). Click here
for a photo of the Yellow-crowned Night-Heron currently being seen at Inverness. Click here
for photos and my description of a Yellow-crowned Night-Heron at Coyote Point. Click here
and here for more Yellow-crowned Night-Heron photos from
California.
November 30
We completed and reviewed the anhinga and cormorants on pages 52 & 54. Click here
for my photos and description of an Anhinga at Ramer Lake, California. Click here
for a photo of an adult Neotropic Cormorant at the Salton Sea. Click here
for a photo of adult Red-faced Cormorants 1 June 1999 on St. Paul Island, Alaska. Click here
for photos of adult and immature Red-faced Cormorants in flight from a 6 June 1999 pelagic trip out of Seward,
Alaska. Click here for photos and discussion of the
identification of two Double-crested Cormorants.
Note: There is no class next week, November 23rd because of the Thanksgiving holiday. Class
resumes November 30th.
November 9
We completed and reviewed the boobies and gannets on pages 48 & 50. Click here
for details and photo of an adult Brown Booby at Point Reyes, and here
for details and photos of an immature Brown Booby at Princeton Harbor. A photo of an immature Brown Booby on San
Clemente Island is here. Photos of an immature Blue-footed
Booby from Washington State are here. Click here
for details of a Masked Booby at Ano Nuevo, here for
photos and notes on a Masked Booby at LaJolla and here
for notes and photos of a Masked Booby at Dana Point. Photos of a Masked Booby at San Clemente Island are here
and here. Photos of a Masked Booby at Point Mugu
are here. Interesting of photos of an immature Masked
Booby off Long Beach are here.
Note: The meeting place for this Saturday's
Field trip is unchanged, but the description has been changed to reflect recent construction.
November 2
We completed and reviewed the frigatebirds and tropicbirds on page 46. Click here
for a photo and discussion of an immature Magnificent Frigatebird from La Jolla, California. Click here
for a photo of a Red-billed Tropicbird in Monterey Bay.
Note: This was the last class for Part A. Please register as soon as possible for Part
B which starts November 2nd. You can register online, or mail or fax this registration
form.
