Ornithology 3B Summary
If you miss a class, please check this page and study the listed topics in your field guide. For last year's
calendar, click here.
December 13
We completed and reviewed the warblers on page 392. A Kentucky Warbler photo is here.
Canada Warbler photos are here, here,
here and here.
Click here and here
for my photos of and notes on a Canada Warbler in Ohio. A photo and discussion of a female Hooded Warbler is here and a male Hooded Warbler photo is here.
Please preregister if you plan to enroll in the Spring. Click here for details.
Note: I will be presenting a free program on the Birds and Wildlife of Trinidad and
Tobago at the San Mateo Garden Center on January 10, 2008. Click here for details.
December 6
We completed and reviewed the warblers on page 390. Photos and discussion of a controversial Oporornis,
probably Mourning Warbler is here. Connecticut Warbler
photos and discussion are here; other photos are here
and here.
November 29
We completed and reviewed the warblers on page 388. Bay-breasted Warbler photos are here,
here and here.
Blackpoll Warbler photos are here, here,
here and here.
A Pine Warbler photo is here. Click here,
here, here
and here for my descriptions of Pine Warblers
in Southern California. Palm Warbler photos are here,
and here.
November 15
We completed and reviewed the warblers on page 386. Click here
for photos and analysis of a Grace's Warbler in Tulare County and here
for a Grace's Warbler photo from the Farallons. Click here
for photos and analysis of a Yellow-throated Warbler wintering in Orange County and here
for photos of a Yellow-throated Warbler at Point Reyes. Video, photos and analysis of another Yellow-throated Warbler
in Orange County are here. Click here
for an account of our Kirtland's Warbler experience along with a photo I took of one of the birds. Scroll to the
bottom. Prairie Warbler photos are here and here.
Note: There is no class next Thursday, November 22st because of the Holidays. Classes will
resume November 29th
November 8
We completed and reviewed the warblers on page 384. Click here
for photos of the mystery warbler (possible Black-throated Gray X Townsend's warbler hybrid) at Santa Ana, California.
Click here for photos of, and discussion on, another controversial
bird. Some thought it was a Hermit X Townsend's hybrid, but I believe it was a Black-throated Green Warbler. Other
Black-throated Green Warbler photos from California are here
and here.
November 1
We completed and reviewed the warblers on page 382. Click here
for a Black-and-white Warbler wintering in San Jose, here
for one in Arcata, and here for a photo of one at
Zzyzx, California. My photo of a Black-and-white Warbler in Ohio is here.
Click here for a male Black-throated Blue Warbler
in Kern County. Click here for a Blackburnian Warbler
at Pt. Reyes.
October 25
We completed and reviewed the warblers on page 380. Click here
and here for recent Chestnut-sided Warbler photos
in California. My photos of a Chestnut-sided Warblers in Ohio are here
and here. Click here
for a Cape May Warbler photo from Sacramento. Click here
for my photo of a Magnolia Warbler in Ohio. Click here
for my sound recordings and sonogram of a Magnolia Warbler in Pacifica, 3 June 2007. Click here
for a recent Magnolia Warbler photo in California. Click here
for my ID notes on, and photo of, an "Audubon's" Yellow-rumped Warbler in California. Click here
and here for my ID notes on, and photos
of, a "Myrtle" Yellow-rumped Warbler in Texas and here
for my photo of a "Myrtle" Yellow-rumped Warbler in Ohio.
Note: This was the last class for Part A. Part B will start November 1st. Please click
here to register for part
B. Course numbers, dates and descriptions are here.
October 18
We completed and reviewed the warblers on page 378. Click here for a
photo I took of a Nashville Warbler in my yard, Oct. 31, 2003. Click here
for a photo of a Northern Parula in Santa Rosa and here
for a photo of a Northern Parula wintering in Southern California. My photo of a Northern Parula in Ohio is here.
October 11
We completed and reviewed the warblers on page 376. Click here
for a photo of a Tennessee Warbler in Southern California. Click here
for my photo of, and notes on, an Orange-crowned Warbler wintering in Texas. A photo of a juvenile Orange-crowned
Warbler along with identification discussion is here.
October 4
We completed and reviewed the warblers on page 374. Prothonotary Warbler photos from California are here,
here, and here.
Click here for a photo and description of a Golden-winged
Warbler at Point Reyes and click here for my notes on
a Golden-winged Warbler in Orange County.
September 20
We completed and reviewed the waxwings and silky-flycatchers on page 372. Click here
for photos and my documentation of a Gray Silky-flycatcher in Orange County. Click here
for a photo of a Gray Silky-flycatcher in San Diego County.
Note: There is no class next week. We will resume October 4th.
September 13
We completed and reviewed the pipits on page 370. Click here
for American Pipit of the race A. r. japonicus. My photos and field notes on Sprague's Pipits are here
and here. Additional Sprague's photos are here,
here, here,
here, here,
and here. Click here
for photos of the Olive-backed Pipit on the Farallons. Click here,
here, here,
here, and here
for Red-throated Pipit photos in California.
Note: We will probably move to Bungalow #6 next week.
September 6
We completed and reviewed the wagtails on page 368. Click here
for photos of an Eastern Yellow Wagtail at Fort Bragg. Click here
for photos and my notes on a Black-backed Wagtail in Alviso and click
here for a photo of Black-backed Wagtail in Los Angeles. Click here
and here for additional photos and discussion of
wagtails in Monterey county. Additional California photos of White/Black-backed Wagtail are here,
here, here,
here, here,
and here. See also: Morlan, J. 1981. Status and
identification of forms of White Wagtail in Western North America. Continental Birdlife 2:37-50. (Click here for an online pdf of this paper)