BIO 124L Environment & Ecology Lab Lab 03 Common Campus
Birds Slide 2 Slide 3 AGENDA Names & appearance of common
campus birds Bird ID quiz Campus bird hunt Field notes Make 15
minute species counts at 2 sites Draw 5 birds Slide 4 SPECIES
CHECKLIST Japanese white-eye red-crested cardinal common myna
spotted dove zebra dove white tern rock dove northern cardinal
house sparrow house finch Java sparrow common waxbill red-vented
bulbul red-whiskered bulbul Pacific golden-plover white-rumped
shama Slide 5 NAMES common namescientific name common
mynaAcridotheres tristis a hill-top, peak sad, melancholy, dullness
of color to hunt after, chase Slide 6 common myna Slide 7 Japanese
white-eye Slide 8 zebra dove Slide 9 rock dove Slide 10 spotted
dove Slide 11 house sparrow Slide 12 Java sparrow Slide 13
red-vented bulbul Slide 14 red-whiskered bulbul Slide 15 Pacific
golden-plover Slide 16 northern cardinal Slide 17 red-crested
cardinal Slide 18 white tern Slide 19 house finch Slide 20 common
waxbill Slide 21 white-rumped shama Slide 22 TASKS Review bird
pictures Look over information about birds Website: Slide 23
Identification Quiz answer with full common name Slide 24 Slide 25
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Slide 40 Slide 41 Slide 42 Slide 43 Slide 44 NEXT: observe & ID
birds Slide 45 FIELD NOTES Location, Date, Time, Observer,
Duration, Weather Conditions Descriptions Varney Circle, UHM Jan
17, 2003, 2:15 PM Janice Tanaka 15 min observation Weather:
Generally clear sky. Light breeze. Habitat: Lawn with fountain (no
water in pond) small unknown bird white cheekpatch red bill gray
body black crown Sketches with Annotations Slide 46 PURPOSE OF
SKETCHES Document unfamiliar birds Describe habitats Cultivate
attention to detail Slide 47 Bird Sketches Slide 48 Geometric
Shapes Slide 49 Slide 50 Slide 51 Slide 52 Slide 53 Slide 54 red
eye ring white cheek patch red bill gray-pink belly gray back, side
& breast black uppertail black crown white undertail red tarsus
Slide 55 KEY SKETCH FEATURES Correct proportions Prominent field
marks Bill shape Field marks are prominent features used to
separate similar birds Slide 56 IMPORTANT NOTES Sketch & field
notes must be made from field info Do NOT annotate with info from
field guide or remove any notes Slide 57 NEXT STEPS Note important
characteristics about habitat Clarify drawing with notes while bird
is still visible Add notes on behavior Slide 58 BIRD APPEARANCE
General size of the bird -compare to something familiar Colors
Prominent marks Unusual features (long legs) Male/Female/Immature
differences Slide 59 BIRD BEHAVIOR Walk, hop, fly Alone, pair,
group (single species or species mixed) Food & eating behavior
Preening, sunning, sleeping Vocalizations (type, what prompted)
Flight pattern Retreat habitat when frightened Shyness (approach
distance) Slide 60 Habitat Characteristics Birds on what type of
vegetation or artifact General types of vegetation in area -tree #
& size, lawn area, shrub # & size Bird attractors -feeding
area, water, perches Food type and abundance -fruit, flowers, seeds
Slide 61 Hale Imiloa, WCC Jan 17, 2003, 2:15 PM Janice Tanaka 15
min observation Weather: Generally clear sky. Light breeze.
Habitat: Lawn with fountain (no water in pond) Grass long in places
with seeds Some minor construction on Site that has bare dirt and
some Standing water in open trench. No trees or shrubs. small
unknown bird white cheekpatch red bill gray body black crown
Location, Date, Time, Observer, Duration Weather Slide 62 FIELD
NOTES GENERAL GUIDELINES Leave out species name Location info 2
pages (front + back) Slide 63 WCC Campus Field Assignment 5
sketches of 5 different birds at separate locations on campus
Include proper anatomical descriptions Slide 64 Review Homework
Assignment 2 sketches of 2 different birds at home/park. Include
proper anatomical descriptions Slide 65 ETHICAL DISCUSSIONS Slide
66 Im really bad at drawing. I find it easier to make the field
notes drawings by copying pictures. Ill do that instead; its a lot
faster. Slide 67 Its really hard for me to get to campus. Im sure
that itll be fine to make up some data. Slide 68 A couple of days
ago I wrote down what I thought was the right name of a bird that I
saw. Now that I have more experience, Im not sure that I was
correct. What am I supposed to do? Slide 69 I found that having an
idea of what I was looking for was very helpful as I did my data
interpretation. Slide 70 I was making my half-hour observation and
before the time was up some of my friends came over and were very
disruptive. Im pretty sure that it scared some of the birds away.
Slide 71 I was observing and drawing a birds and everything was
going fine until some idiot started feeding birds a little way down
the mall. Needless to say, all the birds left my area and went to
get the food. Slide 72 I sat on a bench in an area where I thought
that there would be some interesting birds. I waited a full 15
minutes and no birds showed up. I dont think that this counts as an
observation period since I didnt see anything.
