Course format:  Lecture:  2:30P-3:45P, TR, JH 124.

Requirements:  No background necessary.

Course description:  Topic:  The Wide World of Birds.  The course is
designed to introduce students to the study of birds, looking at their
behaviors (migration, nesting, singing), examining their habits and
habitats (what they eat and why, where they live and why), and study their
mating strategies (why some birds sing and other dance to attract mates).
No biology background is necessary.  If you have ever been curious about
why some birds come to feeders and other do not, or why you see some birds
on campus and different birds in the woods, or what makes birds sing, this
course is designed to answer those questions and many more.

Required text:  "Birders Handbook:  A Field Guide to the Natural History of
North American Birds" by Ehrlich, P., Dubkin, D., and Wheye, D.  1988
edition.

Weekly assignments:  Readings: one-three essays per week.

Exams/papers:  Three hourly exams plus final. Field notebook of observations.