BI334 Lecture Material

Feb 12 Evolution of Birds        Coelurosaur video         Diatryma video
Feb 14 Skeletons and Feathers     Wing-assisted climbing videos: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Website
Feb 19 Feathers and Airfoils    Loons thru Pelecaniforms        Ciconiiforms thru Anseriforms
Feb 21 Flight Mechanics
Feb 26 Flight Mechanics       Falconiforms thru Gruiforms      Charadriiforms thru Pigeons
Feb 28 Feather Formation and Care      Hummingbird video 1        Hummingbird video 2
Mar 4 Molting and Plumages           Cuculiformes through Trochiliformes      Alcediniforms through Turdidae
Mar 6 Feeding and Digestion
Mar 11 Excretion and Respiration              Regulidae through Passeridae
Mar 13 Respiration, Circulation and Nervous System     Podcast on Western Scrub-Jays
Mar 18 Nervous System II
Mar 20 Physiological Ecology and Reproductive System I
Apr 1 Reproductive System II and Non-vocal Sounds     Flappet Lark     Moonwalking
Apr 3 Vocalizations          Podcasts: Loon tunes   Whipbird dialects   Chickadee alarm calls
Apr 8 Social Behavior     Lyrebird video      European Starling flocking video
Apr 10 Territoriality
Apr 15 Courtship
Apr 17 Mating Systems
Apr 22 Nests and Development
Apr 24 Brood Parasitism: Cooperative Breeding I
Apr 29 Cooperative Breeding II; Life History
May 1 Migration I
May 6 Migration II
May 8 Orientation and Navigation               Winged Migration video