Ornithology Lecture Schedule
HSU Wildlife 365

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“Birds & Human Society – Wildlife 306”
Matt Johnson
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BIRDS & HUMAN SOCIETY (WLDF 306) Lecture Schedule		ORNITHOLOGY (WLDF 365) Lecture Schedule
Date	Topic	Date	Topic	Chapter Readings	Lect. # (these # help me)
Jul 6	Introduction to Birds	January 23	Introduction and in praise of birds	1	1
7	Origins, History, Distribution	25	Feathers	4	2
12	Feathers	30	Flight I: skeletal & muscular system	5	3
13	Flight	February 1	Flight II: aerodynamics and wing design (notes contained in Lect#3)	5	4
14	Migration	6	finish flight lecture....(notes contained in Lect#3)	6	5
19	Senses	8	Metabolism, circ. & resp. systems	6	6
20	Communication	13	Feeding adaptations and digestion	7	7
21	Songs & Calls	15	Foraging ecology	7	8
26	Reproduction I	20	Brain sensory adaptations	8	9
27	Reproduction II	22	Taxonomy and systematics	2 & 3	10
28	Mating systems	27	Speciation, Biogeography, Hybrids	22 (& a bit of 2)	11
Aug 2	Populations & Communities	March 1	Origin & evolution of Birds (video plus class handout)	-	extra
3	Conservation I	6	Exam I		-
4	Conservation II	8	Annual rhythms	11	12
Aug 5	Final	13	Migration & Orientation	12	13
		15	Migration & Orientation	13	14
		20 & 22	Spring Break	-	-
		27	Communication & Mid Semester Course Evaluation	9	15
		29	Communication (notes contained above)	10	-
		April 3	Songs	10	16
		5	Reproduction; Nests and Incubation	15, 16	17 & 18
		10	Exam II	-	-
		12	Parental Care, growth, & development	18, 19	19
		17	Mating systems I	17	20
		19	Mating systems II incl.	17, 19	21
		24	Life History Strategies and Social Behavior	20, 14	22
		26	Clutch size	15	23
		May 1	Brood parasitism and cooperative breeding	20, 21	24
		3	Avian demography & populations	23	25
		8	Conservation	24	26
		10	Conclusions	-	27
		May 15 (Tues)	Final Exam 1020 - 1210	-	-

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