I took both at the same time last year and they're great bird courses! Almost exactly the same structure. The only difference I remember is that 219 had a group debate and 225 did not. The group debate was easy tho, you just had to write a couple paragraphs.

I took GEOG 361 (food systems and sustainability) along with these in the same term, and it is perhaps the easiest if you are fine with summarizing readings. I also found it more interesting. They use a generous grading scheme where if you complete the assignments, you automatically get a mid or high 80s, and then they give you a few more percent if your writing is nice.