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 10
We completed and reviewed the warblers on pages 366 & 368. Please preregister if you plan to enroll in the Spring. Click here for details. Online enrollment is now available.

December 3
We completed and reviewed the waxwings & phainopepla on page 364 and began the warblers on page 366.

November 19
We completed and reviewed the pipits on page 362. Click here for my account and photos of Sprague's Pipits in the Imperial Valley. Click here for photos of the Red-throated Pipit currently in Orange County. There is no class next week because of Thanksgiving.

November 12
We completed and reviewed the starlings on page 358 and the wagtails on page 360. Click here for Kathy Robertson's photo of the recent Black-backed Wagtail from Los Angeles.

November 5
We completed and reviewed the thrashers on page 356.
October 29
We completed and reviewed the mockingbirds and thrashers on page 354. Photo and account of the recent Moss Beach Gray Catbird is here.

October 22
We completed and reviewed the thrushes and robins on pages 350 &352.
October 15
We completed and reviewed the thrushes on 348. Those interested in my Northern Pygmy-Owl image can view a full-sized version here. Note: This was the last class for Part A. Please register for Part B as soon as possible.

October 8
We completed and reviewed the bluebirds & solitaire page 346. Click here for a photo and discussion of a quiz bluebird.

October 1
We completed and reviewed the flycatchers and thrushes on pages 342 & 344. Click here for a photo and details on a Northern Wheatear in Sonoma County.

September 24
We completed and reviewed the warblers on page 340. Click here for details and photos of a Dusky Warbler from Santa Cruz & here for photos from California City.

September 17
We completed and reviewed the dipper, kinglets and gnatcatchers on pages 336 & 338. Click here for recent photos of Black-capped Gnatcatcher in Arizona.

September 10
We completed and reviewed the wrens on page 336. Click here for my account of the recent Sedge Wren in Half Moon Bay, and here for another photo.

September 3
We completed and reviewed the wrens on page 334. The 44th supplement to the AOU Check-List is available online here. Adobe Acrobat reader required.