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Birds and Birding on the Eastern Shore: Special Birds in Special Places (Part 1)

Two classes coupled with two day-long field trips will focus on waterfowl and coastal specialties likely to be seen in selected birding hotspots on Maryland's Eastern Shore. No birding expertise necessary.

Birds and Birding on the Eastern Shore: Special Birds in Special Places (Part 2)

Two classes coupled with two all day field trips will focus, respectively, on songbird migrants and shorebird transients likely to be seen on selected birding hotspots in Maryland and Delaware.

Birds, Ecology and Conservation: Birds and Our Working Landscape

Participate in class sessions and field trips to identify local birds while learning ecological concepts that both inform and challenge our working landscape past, present and future.

Challenges With Emerging Infectious Diseases

Climate Change: Policy and Process

Although Congress has yet to enact legislation to address ‘Climate Change,’ the U.S. Government has pursued and funded various initiatives for the problem of a rapidly changing climate.

Communications Today: Through the Looking Glass

Determining Truth Among a Sea of Lies

EVs: The Transportation Revolution

Exploring the Long History of Epidemics in Maryland

Field Trip to Wallops Island Rocket Launch Facility (Rescheduled!)

From a Flight by Balloon to Men on the Moon

(Course Recording Now Available) A History of Aviation as reported in the newspaper press over four centuries from 1783 through 2021.

From Plankton to Plastic: The Chesapeake Under a Microscope

Fun with Winter Seed Sowing

Global Warming: “A Crisis Like No Other”

Helping Our Wild Neighbors: A Year in the Life of a Wildlife Rescuer

History of Cyberwarfare – Yesterday and Today

(Recording Now Available) Recent cyber-attacks by nation states are causing disruptive damage to their targets. Examples are presented and discussed in terms of their approach, magnitude, and perceived motivations. Historical perspectives are addressed.

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