BIOL 1902 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Roger Tory Peterson, John James Audubon, Ernest Thompson Seton
17 Feb 2016
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To develop better understanding of what plants & animals are all about. To gain insights into challenges all living things face, and the remarkable diversity of solutions used to solve them. To develop appreciation & respect for all living things. To learn how to see more of nature & thereby have nature reveal itself to you. Interaction b/w animals: original & only reality show, observational science. Observation of living plants & animals flora and fauna and their interactions. Someone with a general interest in natural history is a: Every naturalist had the same singular thought since time: what the heck is this? : curiosity drives a naturalist. 1 who makes special study of animals or plants (less precise term than zoologist, biologist, etc. ) Lepidopterist: 1 who studies butterflies & moths. Perhaps the most rewarding byproduct of birding is a sharpening of the sense -- the eyes and the ears.
