Latest changes 4 January 2012

Avian Biology

BIOL 476 / 476L

Avian Biology, Bird Shoal, Beaufort, NC, April 17, 2011
Complements of Qiaowei!

Avian Biology, Green Swamp, NC, April, 2010

Spring 2012 ... Avian Biology will be taught by a new team ...
contact Drs. Keith Sockman and Allen Hurlburt about plans

COURSE INFORMATION -- 2011

AVIAN BIOLOGY WIKI SITE

FIELD TRIP SCHEDULE -- Spring 2011

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT FIELD TRIPS

CLASS SCHEDULE -- Spring 2011 (tentative!)

Orders and families of North Carolina birds

IDENTIFICATIONS BY SIGHT -- five weekly assignments

IDENTIFICATIONS BY SOUND -- four weekly assignments

REPORTS ON FIELD TRIPS
2000   2001   2002   2003   2004   2005   2006   2007   2008   2009

2010 and 2011 -- observations on field trips submitted to eBird.org
eBird id: Avian Biology UNC-CH

Good books
including places to start research on term papers!

Field Assistantships/Internships
dozens -- sometimes hundreds -- of positions
(for summer internships, check postings in December-March)

 

OTHER USEFUL INFORMATION
(links last checked November 2006)

Good books on birds and other vertebrates of NC

Birds of North America
American Ornithological Society's monumental project to summarize
information about every North American species

Birds of North America (UNC Library catalog)

SORA
Searchable Ornithological Research Archive
Online library of all articles ever published in North American ornithological journals

Ornithological Societies of North America (OSNA)
Information about activities and programs of 6 professional organizations.

Ornithological Newsletter
Published every other month, this rag provides current news from OSNA.

BIRDNET
Smithsonian Institution's index to information about birds!

National Wildlife Refuges (click on "Refuge Locator" in upper right part of page)
Entry for information about individual National Wildlife Refuges

Bird checklists for most National Wildlife Refuges
and lots of other information (follow appropriate links)

U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (homepage)
Links for endangered species, job opportunities, and more

Federal wildlife laws
Read summaries of how we have got to where we are!

Breeding Bird Survey
Procedures of and results from the North American Breeding Bird Survey
Are forest birds or neotropical migrants decreasing?

OWL
Ornithological Web Library -- an extensive collection of links to information about the study of birds.

Optics for birding
Information on binoculars and scopes -- with links to mail-order retailers world-wide!

Eagle Optics (Wisconsin)
This place in particular has optics at discount prices!

MORE LINKS TO WEB SITES ABOUT BIRDS

WINTER TRIP TO THE COAST, February 4-6, 2011

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

Where we go ... Outer Banks and Pamlico Sound

Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge
Alligator River NWR

APRIL TRIP TO THE COAST (Saturday-Sunday, April 16-17)

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

We leave from behind Wilson Hall at 9 :00 AM Saturday (April 16) ...
arrive early to load your gear!

HOW TO WRITE A REALLY GOOD TERM PAPER!

HOW TO FIND GOOD ARTICLES FOR TERM PAPERS OR PRESENTATIONS!

HOW TO CITE ARTICLES IN A TERM PAPER OR A PRESENTATION
and a few other suggestings for formatting a term paper

HOW TO PREPARE A REALLY GOOD PRESENTATION!
Come prepared for discussion!   Good presentations make good discussions and vice versa!

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