Ornithology Seminar Schedule Spring 2003
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Seminar One: Bird Orders
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Week

Date

Topic

Student

3
 Monday,
March 17		 . .
Wednesday,
March 19		 1: Ratites (Ostriches and allies) Instructor:
Barry McPhail
Friday
March 21		 2a: Gaviiformes (Loons) John Lombardy

4
 Monday,
March 24

3a. Ciconiiformes (herons, ibises, storks)

3b: Phoenicopteriformes (flamingos)

Elizabeth Hall


Neda Alford
Wednesday,
March 26		 4. Gruiiformes (cranes, rails, coots) Peter Lee
Friday
March 28

5:Anseriformes (ducks and geese)

2b:Order Podicipediformes: Grebes

Tara Stringfellow

EC: Dave Zapata

5
 Monday,
March 31

6a: Falconiformes (hawks)

6b: Strigiformes (owls)

Randy Bullock

Josh Welborn

Wednesday,
April 2

7. Galliformes (chicken-like birds)

2c: Pelicaniformes (pelicans, cormorants, Gannets, Darters, Frigatebirds)

Will Alford

Extra Credit
Friday
April 4

8a. Order Charadriformes,
Suborder Caradrii (Plovers, Oystercaatchers, Stilts, Avocets, and allies)

8b: Order Charadriformes,
Suborder Scolopaci (Sandpipers, Jacanas, Curlews, Godwits, Turnstones, Dowitchers, Snipes, Phalaropes, and allies)

Robert Burson




Will Smith

6
 Monday,
April 7

9: Order Charadriiformes;
Suborder Lari (gulls/terns)

10: Columbiformes (pigeons and doves)

Shane Rogers


Dave Zapata

Wednesday,
April 9

11: Psittaciformes (parrots)

12. Apodiformes swifts/hummingbirds)

Extra Credit


Wendy Crear

Friday,
April 11

13. Piciformes (woodpeckers/toucans)

14: Coraciiformes (kingfishers)

Dwayne Rigsby

William Gunn

Seminar Two: Passarine Families
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Week

Date

Topic

Student

7
 Monday,
April 14		 . .
Wednesday,
April 16

1: Suborder Tyranni:
Superfamily Tyrannoidea (Tyrant Flycatchers and allies)

2: Suborder Passeres:
Family Alaudidae (Larks)

Josh Welborn

 

Dave Zapata

 Friday
April 18		  Spring Break  

SP
 Monday April 21-
Friday April 25		 SPECIAL PROJECT WEEK .
8  Monday,
April 28		 3: Suborder Passeres:
Family Hirundinidae (Swallows)		 Wendy Crear
Wednesday,
April 30		 4: Suborder Passeres:
Family Sturnidae (Starlings, Mynahs, and allies)		 Neda Alford
Friday
May 2		 5: Suborder Passeres:
Family Bombycillidae (Waxwings)		 William Gunn

8
 Monday,
May 5		 6: Suborder Passeres:
Family Troglodytidae (Wrens)		 Robert Burson
Wednesday,
May 7		 7: Suborder Passeres:
Family Mimidae (Mimic Thrushes: Mockingbirds, Thrashers and allies)		 Will Smith
Friday
May 9		 8: Suborder Passeres:
Family Muscicapidae, Subfamily Trudinae (Thrushes and allies)		 Extra Credit

9
 Monday,
May 12		 9 Suborder Passeres:
Family Sittidae (Nuthatches)		 Peter Lee
Wednesday,
May 14		 10: Suborder Passeres:
Family Paridae (Chickadees and Titmice)		 Shane Rogers
Friday
May 16		 11: Suborder Passeres:
Family Corvidae (Crows, Jays, Magpies)		 Dwayne Rigsby

10
 Monday,
May 19		 12: Suborder Passeres:
Family Vireonidae		 Extra credit
Wednesday,
May 21

13a: Suborder Passeres:
Family Emberizidae (New World Sparrows)

13b: Suborder Passeres:
Family Emberizidae (New World Warblers)

13c: Suborder Passeres:
Family Emberizidae ((Tanagers and Grosbeaks, Bobolinks and Blackbirds)

Randy Bullock

 

Elizabeth Hall

 

Tara Stringfellow

Friday,
May 23

15a: Suborder Passeres:
Family Fringillidae (Finches)

15b: Suborder Passeres:
Family Fringillidae ( Old World Sparrows, Weavers)

15a: Suborder Passeres:
Family Fringillidae (Darwin's Finches and Hawaiian Honeycreepers)

John Lombardy

 

EC: Peter Lee


Extra Credit

Mon-Thurs,
May 26-29		 Last week of class:
Makeups and extra credit seminars		 .
Friday,
May 30		 Short Day: The last day of class .
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