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This lab focuses on identifying and learning about common birds found on campus. It includes a bird ID quiz, a campus bird hunt, making species counts, and drawing birds. The species checklist includes the Japanese white-eye, red-crested cardinal, common myna, and more.
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BIO 124LEnvironment & Ecology Lab Lab 03 Common Campus Birds
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
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 SPECIES CHECKLIST
NAMES common name scientific name common myna Acridotheres tristis “a hill-top, peak” “to hunt after, chase” “sad, melancholy, dullness of color”
TASKS Website: Review bird pictures Look over information about birds
Identification Quiz answer with full common name
Weather: Generally clear sky. Light breeze. Habitat: Lawn with fountain (no water in pond) Varney Circle, UHM Jan 17, 2003, 2:15 PM Janice Tanaka 15 min observation black crown red bill whitecheekpatch gray body small unknown bird FIELD NOTES Location, Date, Time, Observer,Duration, Weather Conditions Sketches with Annotations Descriptions
PURPOSE OF SKETCHES Document unfamiliar birds Describe habitats Cultivate attention to detail