NTRES 3141 - [Conservation of Birds Laboratory]

Spring. 1 credit.

Corequisite: NTRES 3140.

Staff.

A field-oriented course designed to teach skills of bird observation and identification based on the integration of field marks, songs and calls, and habitat cues.

Outcome 1: Students will record their observations of birds in the field using standard, durable methods.

Outcome 2: Students will compare and evaluate various approaches and techniques for identification of birds in the field.

Outcome 3: Students will organize information about bird identification, using species-specific field marks.

Outcome 4: Students will compare habitat associations for different species of birds, based upon field observations.

Outcome 5: Students will evaluate their own abilities to identify birds in the field accurately.

Outcome 6: Students will integrate information about species-specific field marks, habitat associations, seasonal phenology, and their own experience and abilities to arrive at accurate identifications of different species of birds in the field.