Ornithology

NOTE: Effective Spring Quarter 2009, Ornithology has a new course number, and a new number of units:
ZOO 435 (lecture, 3 units)
ZOO 435L (laboratory, 1 unit).
Any referernces to ZOO 329 or ZOO 329L should be disregarded.

Spring 2009

Syllabus (pdf; 1 page; ~14 KB)
Lecture, Lab, and Field Trip Schedule (pdf; 1 page; ~14 KB)
NOTE: There may be a charge (approximately $7) for the Rancho Santa Ana field trip. If a charge is required, students must pay this entrance charge at the Garden.
Birds of the World handout - for Lecture Midterm Exam (pdf; 7 pages; 371 KB ) READY FOR 2010
Important! Handouts you must have for the labs.
Overheads from lecture
Field Trip Directions (pdf; 5 pages; 33 KB) READY FOR 2010
Warning, Waiver, and Release required for field trips
Species Lists from Field Trips (starting 1993)
Table of number of species seen on field trips (starting 1993)
Ornithology Links

Handouts Required for Labs (in pdf format)

Lab Handouts have everything you need to know for the practical exams. This includes the list of species you are required to know for identification, as well as what you are required to know for topology/anatomy.

Handout for Lab Practical 1 (12 pages; 108 KB) READY FOR 2010
Handout for Lab Practical 2 (10 pages; 86 KB) READY FOR 2010

Overheads used in lecture (all in pdf format)

Extant Chordates (1 page; 51 KB)
Classification - Domain to Superorder (1 page; 9 KB)
Evolution timeline (1 page; 15 KB)
Genome size (1 page; 12 KB)
Theropod clade (1 page; 100 KB)
Frame shift (1 page; 289 KB)
Frame shift - Wagner and Gauthier (1 page; 46 KB)
Sinornis (1 page; 552 KB)
Archaeopteryx (1 page; 66 KB)
Theropod bones (1 page; 367 KB)
Microraptor zhaoianus (1 page; 112 KB)
Troodon (1 page; 35 KB)
Dromaeosaur (1 page; 301 KB)
Migration Routes - Science 2009 (1 page; 173 KB)
Zoogeographic Regions (1 page; 576 KB)
Threatened Species by year, by country (2 pages; 18 KB)

Species Lists from Field Trips

Species lists are in pdf format. Files are small, generally one page and less than 20 KB.

Spring 2009 See the Western Scrub-Jay photo
Spring 2008
Spring 2007
Spring 2006
Spring 2002
Spring 2000
Spring 1998
Spring 1996
Spring 1993

Number of species seen on field trips

Year	Bolsa Chica	Morongo Valley	Campus Bird Walk	Rancho Santa Ana
1993	49	34	25	25
1996	62	48	28	28
1998	Cancelled	56	32	25
2000	50	33	20	22
2002	54	60	25	38
2006	33	44	17	35
2007	45	41	25	47
2008	45	21	20	29
2009	49	45	23	33

Ornithology Links

There are many websites devoted to ornithology and birds. Here are a few, just to get you started:

Want to find out information about birds and/or ornithology on the Web? Start here at BIRDNET
John Penhallurick's Bird Data Project - a comprehensive database to the birds of the world, including some extinct species
Avibase - database on birds of the world, hosted by Bird Studies Canada
Information and links about binoculars and spotting scopes
The Ornithological Web Library - links to all sorts of bird stuff
Cornell Lab of Ornithology - Cornell University