Ornithology For Beginners

Ornithology for Beginners

Course info

Learn with us what a bird is, how they evolved, what adaptations they developed to be able to colonize air, land and water so successfully! This course is designed for people working or wishing to work with birds and animals. Life scientists, environmental researchers and consultants, amateur bird watchers, or anyone working with birds would be suited to this course.

What will you achieve from this course?

You will learn a wide variety of bird facts, through a combination of tools such as reading, interacting with tutors, undertaking research and practical tasks, and observing birds!

Lessons:

•     Classification & Introduction to Birdwatching - History of birds; Classification (Classes, Subclasses, Superorders, etc); Bird Migration; Birdwatching Clubs & Other information sources
•     The Biology of Birds - Anatomy, external & internal structure, breeding, eggs etc
•     Common and Widespread Land Birds - Pests, introduced birds, pigeons, crows & their relatives
•     Giant Birds & Long Legged Birds - Emu, Ostrich, Herons, Storks & Relatives
•     Seabirds & Waterbirds
•     Hunters - Birds of Prey, Owls, Kingfishers
•     Passeriformes includes all song birds, plus lots of other birds including: larks, jays, magpies, swallows, nightingales, wrens, mockingbirds, robins, bluebirds, thrushes, pipits, shrikes, warblers, blackbirds, orioles, finches, grosbeaks, tanagers, and more
•     Other Birds - Parrots, Honeyeaters, Swifts & others
•     Attracting, Feeding & Keeping Birds

Course Delivery

This course is able to be completed either online or by correspondence.

Work Load  | Full time: 12hrs per week |  Part time: 6hrs per week |  Total Duration 100hrs

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