Wrens at the Wren: A lab section of Biology 416, Introduction to Ornithology, checks out a sighting near the Sir Christopher Wren Building. In non-pandemic times, class members traverse the commonwealth to view multiple species. This year, they’ve found surprising ornithological benefits in being restricted to the William & Mary campus. Photo by Dan Cristol
Photo - of - by Joseph McClain | March 11, 2021
Ornithology students at William & Mary traditionally travel the commonwealth, piling into vans at 3 a.m. to head out to where the birds are.
It’s off to the West Virginia border to see warblers and raptors, or to the Eastern Shore for an introduction to the arcana of the field marks that distinguish gull species. But not this year.