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How do baby birds learn to sing? Do birds have regional accents or dialects? A researcher who has studied birds for more than thirty years explains how and why birds sing, and what we can learn by better understanding their songs.
Donald Kroodsma, author "The Singing Life of Birds" (Houghton Mifflin)
Its long been known that dinosaurs roamed the Capitol region more than 100 million years ago. But evidence found recently in a Maryland streambed has the paleontology world excited. Hear from the amateur paleontologist who made the discovery.
Ray Stanford, amateur paleontologist
Scientists and environmentalists have been working for decades to keep pollution from flowing into the beloved Chesapeake Bay. Now, some say a more radical approach is needed to preserve the Chesapeake and its famed fishing stocks. A look at the latest strategies to save the Bay.
William C. Baker, President, The Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Christopher Conner, Director of Communications, The Chesapeake Bay Program
Donald Boesch, Professor of Marine Science and President of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Patricia Langenfelder, Vice President, Maryland Farm Bureau
Larry Simns, President, Maryland Watermen's Association
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