TransfermaticBIOL at College of Marin

    BIOL 169A - Introduction to Ornithology A

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    CSU
    Description
    (No prerequisite. Advisory: BIOL 110.) This science-based course takes a field oriented approach to understanding the biology of birds, including bird form and function, anatomy, physiology, flight mechanics and migration. Visits to local wildlife refuges, lagoons, lakes, shorelines and forests to learn to identify and observe migrating shorebirds and raptors and wintering waterfowl. This fall course concentrates on migratory species and wintering waterfowl. (CSU/UC) AA/AS COM GE Area 5 (formerly AA/AS Area A)