BIO 298 - Field Ornithology: Bird Banding, Migration & Conservation

In this course we will get outside during the birds’ spring migration season, and students will learn to identify the most common songbirds and seabirds along our coast. We will also explore the hands-on methods ornithologists use to study bird populations, including point counts, territory mapping, and mist-netting. Students will gain practice capturing and banding songbirds and taking physiological data. Field trips will include Boston, Plymouth, Cape Cod and Appledore Island off of Maine.

Prerequisites
BIO 114 or BIO 111 or AP/IB credits or permission of instructor

Credits 4

Notes
This intensive 3-week summer course will meet for 7 hours/day for 4 days a week for 4 weeks.

From time to time, departments design a new course to be offered either on a one-time basis or an experimental basis before deciding whether to make it a regular part of the curriculum. Last offered Summer 2020.

Area
Natural Science

Division
Natural Science