Ornithology 3A 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.

Note: All classes now meet in Room 307 in Marina Middle School. We are no longer in the bungalow.


May 15
We completed and reviewed the sparrows on pages 424. Harris's Sparrow photos are here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here. My photo of a White-throated Sparrow with notes is here. Another White-throated Sparrow photo is here. Click here for my photo of White-crowned and Golden-crowned sparrows with notes.

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Note: I will be presenting a free program on digiscoping birds at the San Pedro Valley Park Visitor Center at 8pm on Saturday May 17, 2008. Click here for details.


May 8
We completed and reviewed the sparrows on pages 422. Click here for my photo and notes on Lincoln's Sparrow. My photo and notes on a Vesper Sparrow are here. A Swamp Sparrow photo is here.

May 1
We completed and reviewed the sparrows on pages 420. Lark Bunting photos are here, here, here and here. Click here and here for my Savannah Sparrow photos. Click here for juvenile Savannah Sparrow photo and discussion. Click here and here for "large billed" Savannah Sparrow photos and discussion.

April 24
We completed and reviewed the sparrows on pages 418. Click here and here for Le Conte's Sparrow photos. Click here and here for photos of Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrows.

April 17
We completed and reviewed the sparrows on pages 416. My Grasshopper Sparrow photos from Ed Leven Park in Milpitas are here. Click here for a Grasshopper Sparrow photo from Del Norte County. Click here for photos and detailed ID discussion of Baird's Sparrow.

April 10
We completed and reviewed the sparrows on pages 414. Click here for an adult Black-throated Sparrow and here for a juvenile Black-throated Sparrow. Click here for a Sage Sparrow (A. b. nevadensis).

April 3
We completed and reviewed the sparrows on pages 412. My photo of an adult Chipping Sparrow is here. Click here for a photo of a juvenile Chipping sparrow and identification discussion. Click here for a photo and commentary on a controversial Clay-colored Sparrow in San Francisco. Click on the photo for a larger image. My Clay-colored Sparrow photos are here, here, here and here. Click here, here and here for additional photos of Clay-colored Sparrow in California. Click here and here for my Brewer's Sparrow photos.

March 20
We completed and reviewed the sparrows on pages 408 & 410. Click here for my photos and notes on a Cassin's Sparrow near Sacramento with sonogram and song recording. Click here for my notes with photos of a Cassin's Sparrow at Stinson Beach. Click here, here, here, and here for photos of American Tree Sparrow in California. Click here for a photo and sound recording of a Field Sparrow in California.

March 13
We completed and reviewed the towhees on pages 404 & 406. Click here for my photo and commentary on an Olive Sparrow in Texas. My photo and notes on an Abert's Towhee at the Salton Sea are here. Here is my photo of a Spotted Towhee in Pacifica.

March 6
We completed and reviewed the birds on page 402 and started the towhees on page 404. Click here for my photo and commentary on a Bananaquit in Trinidad.

February 28
We completed and reviewed the tanagers on page 400. My photos of a Summer Tanager in Golden Gate Park are here. My photo and notes on a Summer Tanager in Ohio are here. Additional Summer Tanager photos are here, here, here, here and here. My account of a male Scarlet Tanager at Mt. San Bruno is here. Click here for a photo of a Western Tanager with ID discussion.

February 25
We completed and reviewed the warblers on page 398 and began the tanagers on page 340. Click here for an adult male American Redstart in San Francisco. Click here and here for Painted Redstart photos. Click here for a Red-faced Warbler in Long Beach.

February 21
We completed and reviewed the warblers on page 396. Click here for photos of a Rufous-capped Warbler in Arizona.


February 14
We completed and reviewed the warblers on page 394. Click here and here for my accounts with photos and video of Worm-eating Warblers in Orange County. Ovenbird photos from California are here, here, here, here and here. Click here and here for my photos of Ovenbird in Ohio. My account with photo of a Louisiana Waterthrush in Death Valley is here. Click here for a photo of a Louisiana Waterthrush in Los Gatos. Click here, here and here for Northern Waterthrush photos from California.