Course description: “A survey of the world’s major families of birds.  Topics include evolution, classification, distribution, anatomy, ecology, behavior and vocalization, nesting, migration and identification.  Birds are an integral and conspicuous element of the natural world.  As such, they provide an opportunity for the application of principles and concepts of scientific observation.  Fieldwork and laboratory are an integral part of the course.”

As described above from this course I have become sufficient at understanding the major biological analysis’s of bird; evolution, classification, distribution, anatomy, ecology, behavior and vocalization, nesting, migration and identification.