Class 5 Summary

In Class 5 Eric discussed checklists of the world and white herons, while Jeff presented an introduction to empidonax flycatchers and discussed eastern empids. Prior to class 2 students joined jeff for 2 hours at the Hornsby ponds looking at shorebirds. We found 10 shorebird species.


Class 5 Presentations

Global Taxonomy (by Eric Stager)

White & Night Herons (by Eric Stager)

Introduction to Empids (by Jeffrey E. Patterson)

Eastern Empids Structure (by Jeffrey E. Patterson)

Eastern Empids Plumage (by Jeffrey E. Patterson)


Class 5 Quiz

Eastern Empids Quiz

Eastern Empids Quiz Answers


Class 5 Handouts

Empids Cheat Sheet

Empids Checklist

Empids Checklist References


Class 5 Interesting Reads

Yellow-bellied vs Least

Western vs Yellow-bellied

Western Flycatcher

Least Flycatcher (Alvaro Jarmarillo)

Empids The Ratio Approach (Forrest Rowland)

The Empidonax Challenge (Kaufman & Whitney)


Class 5 Photographs

To Empids Overview Page

To Acadian Photographs

To Least Photographs

To Traill’s Photographs

To Yellow-bellied Photographs