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Lab Syllabus:
Friday and Wednesday labs have the same agenda!

 

Date	Day	Topic	Activity	Location
1/21 and 1/23	Wednesday and Friday	Lab 1 – Introduction, field notebook, lab project, bird identification, bird songs, bird nests, study skins,TOPOGRAPHY,  Internal anatomy - bone shapes, characteristics, and uses).	Lab 1	Rm 2020 Derring Hall
1/28 and 1/30	Wednesday and Friday	Lab 2- Introduction to Bird Taxonomy, Characteristics of bird orders and families. Review of TOPOGRAPHY, External anatomy (bill, feet, wing, feather, leg, bone, muscle, shapes, characteristics and uses).	Lab 2	Rm 2020 Derring Hall
2/4 and 2/6	Wednesday and Friday	Lab 3 – Review of labs 1 and 2. Also 30-40 minutes outside birding around campus, bring binoculars, field notebooks, and dress warmly.	Lab 3	Rm 2020 Derring Hall
2/6-2/8	Friday - Sunday	Spectacular weekend trip to North Carolina Outer Banks with VSO. This should be very cool! Sign up ahead of time please, thanks! *See Outer banks trip link!	Weekend Trip	OBX
2/11 and 2/13	Wednesday and Friday	Lab Practical #1: followed by a trip to the duck pond (rain, shine, snow, sleet? Yup,  we’re still going! Please bring appropriate attire, thanks!)	Lab 4  (Lab Practical)	Rm 2020 Derring Hall Hall/Duck pond on campus
2/18 and 2/20	Wednesday and Friday	Field trip 1 – Trip to the river, McCoy Falls area	Field Trip 1	The New River, McCoy Falls area
2/24	Tuesday Night	Tuesday night owling (weather dependent)	Night owling	Deerfield Park
2/25 and 2/27	Wednesday and Friday	Field trip 2 – Eggleston Field Quiz 1	Field Trip 2 Field Quiz 1 Quiz 1- taxonomic order	The New River, Eggleston
3/3 and 3/5	Wednesday and Friday	Field trip 3 – Whitethorn and Kentland farm	Field Trip 3	Kentland Farm
3/10 and 3/12	Wednesday and Friday	Spring Break (Happy birding)	Spring break	Spring Break
3/17 and 3/19	Wednesday and Friday	Field trip 4 – Brown Farm Field Quiz 2	Field Trip 4 Field Quiz 2 Quiz 2- taxonimic order	Brown Farm, Blacksburg, VA
3/23	Tuesday night	Tuesday evening search for Woodcock Breeding displays	Woodcocks in the evening	Deerfield Park
3/24 and 3/26	Wednesday and Friday	Taxonomy Lab #4	Lab 4	Rm 2020 Derring Hall
3/31 and 4/2	Wednesday and Friday	Field trip 5 – Pandapas Pond Field Quiz 3	Field Trip 5 Field Quiz 3 Quiz 3- taxonimic order	Brush Mountain
4/7 and 4/9	Wednesday and Friday	Field trip 6 - Newport-Kelly's Knob trail	Field Trip 6	Kelly's Knob trail
4/14 and 4/16	Wednesday and Friday	Field trip 7 – Deerfield Park - Looking for warblers  Final field quiz.	Field Trip 7 Field quiz 4 Quiz 4- taxonimic order	Deerfield Park
4/21 and 4/23	Wednesday and Friday	Lab 5 – Final Lab practical (Can you ID birds by sight and/or song? How about there habits and habitats? No problem!) Approximately, the Last 80 minutes of the practical will be in the field	Lab 5 Final Lab Practical	Rm 2020 Derring Hall and Smithfield plantation on Campus
4/28 and 4/30	Wednesday and Friday	Field trip 8 - Nature conservancy land, Field notebooks due	Field Trip 8	Ellett Valley

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