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.
May 26
We completed and reviewed the alcids on page 232. Click here
for a photo of a Horned Puffin; and here for a photo of
a Tufted Puffin from our trip to St. Paul in the Pribilof
Islands.
Please preregister after July 1st
if you plan to enroll in the Fall. Click here for
details.
May 12
We completed and reviewed the alcids on page 230. Click here
for a photo of Parakeet Auklet; here for a photo of Crested
Auklets; and here for photos of Least Auklets from our
trip to St. Paul in the Pribilof Islands. There
is no class next week! The last class of the quarter will be May 26.
May 5
We completed and reviewed the alcids on page 228.
April 28
We completed and reviewed the alcids on page 226. Click here
for photos of Long-billed Murrelet from Muir Beach.
April 21
We completed and reviewed the alcids on page 224. Click here
for a comparison of Common and Thick-billed Murres.
April 15
We reviewed gulls and terns on pages 194-222.
April 7
We completed and reviewed the terns on page 222. Details with a sketch of California's only accepted Bridled
Tern are here (page 24). Click here
for a photo of Northern California's only Sooty tern. A photo of a Sooty Tern from Bolsa Chica is here.
Next week's class will focus on a complete review of gulls and terns.
March 24
We completed and reviewed the terns on page 220. Click here
for photos and description of the White-winged Tern at Moss Landing.
Note: This was the last class for Part A. Please register as soon as possible for Part
B which starts April 7th. You can register online, or mail or fax this registration
form.
March 18
We completed and reviewed the terns on page 218. Click here
for a photo and discussion of an Arctic Tern.
March 11
We completed and reviewed the terns on page 216.
March 3
We completed and reviewed the terns on page 214.
February 24
We completed and reviewed the gulls on page 210. Click here
and here for a photos of Sabine's Gulls at Ano Nuevo and
Oxnard; and click here for a photo of an Ivory Gull from
British Columbia
February 17
We completed and reviewed the gulls on page 208. Photos and descriptions of two recent Slaty-backed Gulls are
here and here.
Photos and descriptions of Lesser Black-backed Gulls are here,
here, here,
here, and here.
The "Morlan Method" gull identification key with full text is here.
Adobe acrobat reader required. An abridged html version is here.
February 10
We completed and reviewed the gulls on page 206.