FIGURE LEGENDS
Figure 1. Official Hiram College catalog description of BIOL/EVST 30600: Field Ornithology with comparison of details for planned and revised section offered in spring 2020.
Figure 2. Timeline of spring 2020 disruption and key events during adaptation of Field Ornithology.
DATA ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENT
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COMPETING INTEREST STATEMENT
None declared.
AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONS
Sarah E. Mabey: Conceptualization (lead); Writing – original draft (lead); Writing – reviewing & editing (equal), Zachary Z. Fox: Conceptualization (equal); Writing – original draft (equal); Writing – reviewing & editing (equal), Rachel R. Jerkins: Conceptualization (equal); Writing – original draft (equal); Writing – reviewing & editing (lead), Carah A. Katzendorn: Conceptualization (equal); Writing – original draft (equal); Writing – reviewing & editing (equal); Funding acquisition (equal), Miranda Mordue: Conceptualization (supporting); Writing – original draft (equal); Writing – reviewing & editing (equal), Keegan Rankin: Conceptualization (supporting); Writing – original draft (supporting); Writing – reviewing & editing (supporting), Aaron Rivard: Conceptualization (supporting); Writing – original draft (supporting); Writing – reviewing & editing (supporting), J. Henry Schwendler: Conceptualization (equal); Writing – original draft (equal); Writing – reviewing & editing (equal)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We gratefully acknowledge our colleagues B. Erman and C. Todd and our volunteer teaching assistant and naturalist, D. Factor, for sharing in our learning and enthusiasm for birds. C. Graham, A. Jones, C. Taylor, M. Woodrey, and T.J. Zenzal generously shared their practical and theoretical expertise with our class. M. Neel, V. Popescu, and M. Woodrey provided valuable insights on the spring 2020 semester and broadened our thinking about adapting field learning. J. McCreight, G.Munro, J. Muyskens, and L. Varonis provided institutional support and encouragement during the hard transition. This work is supported by the James. H. Barrow Biological Field Station of Hiram College with funding from the Paul and Maxine Frohring Foundation.