BIRDS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 2 units, Spring (April 14 - June 2, 2018)
Callyn D. Yorke, Instructor
callynyorke@ucla.edu UCLA Extension Birds of Southern California class in Santa Barbara 5/17/2014
UCLA Extension Spring Birds of Southern California class Madrona Marsh, Torrance 29 April 2017 © Jane Klein
BSC Lecture in Boelter Hall UCLA 11 October 2014 © Merissa Mendez BSC Field Trip Legacy Park Malibu 18 October 2014
UCLA Extension Spring Birds of Southern California Malibu Lagoon LACO CA 21 April 2018 © Yvonne Burch-Hartley
Black-billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia) in-class charcoal drawing Oct. 21 2017
© 2017 Jane Klein
Registration: Visit the website at uclaextension.edu and put the REG# in the “quick enroll” bar at the top right of the screen.
Note: Field trips usually involve easy to moderate walking, sometimes over uneven terrain, for up to three hours.
This course may be taken as a credit/no credit option.
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) La Jolla, San Diego County CA January 9, 2014
© 2014 Callyn Yorke
REFERENCE LINKS
- Birds of Southern California Field Notes
- Inside Birding: How to Identify Birds - four part You-Tube series
- An Introduction to Bird Evolution - Wikipedia
- Mitochondrial DNA in Species Recognition and Classification
- Mitochondrial DNA under siege in avian phylogeography
- Basic Bird Anatomy - Wikipedia
- How Bird Wings Work You-Tube Getting Smarter Everyday series
- Aging, Sexing and Molt - Birds of the World pp. 1-6
- All About Bird Biology (New) Cornell University
- Bird Migration in Western North America KQED documentary
- Bird Migration in Europe You-Tube Ornithology series
- Unlocking Migration's Secrets (2012) Scott Weidensaul, Nat. Audubon Soc.
- Wind Turbines and Bird Mortality KQED documentary
- Identification of Shorebirds Peterson Field Guide Series
- Identification of Gulls by Joe Morlan
- Identification of Rufous and Allen's Hummingbirds by Sheri Williamson
- Sapsucker ID Challenge (June 2009) by Dave Irons
- Western Field Ornithologists Website
- Birds of North America Online Subscription (optional)
- Los Angeles County Bird Check List (March, 2017)
- American Ornithologists Society Checklist of Birds of North and Middle America (2017)
- Los Angeles County Birds Yahoo Group List Server (no-fee registration)
- Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology eBird
- Best Binoculars Annual Awards 2016-2017
- Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology Merlin® Bird Identification App.
- Brian E. Small Photography - Images of North American Birds
- Arnold Small (1926-2000) In Memoriam by Don Roberson
- Howard Cogswell (1915-2006) In Memoriam by Walter Koenig
- Keeping a Life Bird List - Clement's Checklist of the Birds of the World
- AOU Bird Checklist for North and Middle America (2017)
- Celebrate What's Right With The World by Dewitt Jones - Video
- A Blind Birder Shares His Incredible Story (Video - Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, 2017)
- The Birder's Bookshelf - Selected publications on birds