BIOEE 2640 - Tropical Field Ornithology

Winter. (Two-week, full-time course.) 3 credits. S–U or letter grade option.

Permission of instructor is required. Enrollment limited to: students with limited or no bird knowledge. The group is housed in the Biodiversity Center at Punta Cana. Limited to 14 students; minimum of 7. Daily fieldwork, disc, reading, and individual project. One or two field trips are taken to national parks in the Dominican Republic.

A. Dhondt.

Provides students with the opportunity to study birds intensively in a neotropical environment. Students learn observational and field techniques, participate in group research projects and in daily seminars.