W&L’s Spring Term is a great opportunity for students to dive into immersive topics, and take their learning outside the classroom! Students taking Field Ornithology with Paul Cabe, professor of biology, spend several days every week out in the field identifying birds in and around Rockbridge County. The class focuses on learning how to identify birds by visual and auditory observation, which is a key component of many avian research projects. By observing birds in a variety of habitats around t