Summer Field Seminar Calendar
We add seminars as they are scheduled.
Summer Field Seminars. This page features the traditional week-long, in-person, and in-residence field seminars we have been offering since 1987. All are intensive training opportunities that are taught by expert instructors. All involve field trips that are focused on learning about the ecology of species in their natural outdoor environment. The indoor classroom part of these seminars includes lectures, discussions, and lab identifications and studies of specimens that have been collected in the field. They begin with a Sunday late afternoon arrival and dinner at 7 PM, followed by an introductory program. Mondays through Fridays are full teaching days, with meal times as relaxed settings for informal discussions. Evenings are set aside for discussions by the fireplace in the dining hall's comfortable lounge or for follow-up classroom activities. They conclude after breakfast on Saturday.
Other Eagle Hill Natural History Programs:
Fall Weekend Workshops. These in-person and in-residence workshops offer shorter intensive learning opportunites over weekends with expert instructors. We have been offering them since 2014.
Online Seminars. These fully interactive seminars are taught online by expert instructors outside of normal work-week hours, i.e., during evenings (Eastern Time) and on weekends. They are offered by way of Zoom and are interactive without the use of recorded presentations.
Nature Retreats. The Eagle Hill Institute is open for Nature Retreats year-round, for guests who would like to escape to the coast of eastern Maine to immerse themselves in nature.
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We welcome guests who would like to come for a nature retreat, rather than a seminar. |
Natural History Science Programs Overview
Travel options, including carpooling
| Dates | Title | Instructor(s) |
2024 Summer Field Seminars |
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| Titles are underlined when a link to the flyers has been added. Those marked with *1, *2, *3* or *4, see the tuition section here. | ||
| Jun 2 - 8 | Lichen Biology, Ecology, and Identification *1 | Troy McMullin and Philip Bell-Doyon |
| Jun 2 - 8 | Marine Macroalgae: Ecology, Identification, Distribution, and Importance | Amanda Savoie |
| Jun 9 - 15 | Calicioid Lichens: Ecology, Distribution, and Identification | Steven Selva |
| Jun 9 - 15 | Scientific Illustration: Flora and Fauna of Coastal Maine | Dolores Santoliquido |
| Jun 16 - 22 | Mosses in the Field: From the Beginning Full, with waitlist. | Jerry Jenkins |
| Jun 16 - 22 | Tardigrade Biology, Ecology, Field Sampling, and Identification | Emma Perry |
| Jun 23 - 29 | Natural History of Native Bees: Biology, Ecology, Identification, and Conservation *1 Full, with waitlist. | Nicholas Dorian and Max McCarthy |
| Jun 23 - 29 | Liverwort Ecology, Distribution, and Identification *1 | Blanka Aguero |
| Jun 30 - Jul 6 | Grasses and Sedges as a Way to Read the Landscape *1 | Brett Engstrom and Jerry Jenkins |
| Jun 30 - Jul 6 | Introduction to the Study of Lichens *F | Fred Olday |
| Jul 7 - 13 | Wetland Identification, Delineation, and Ecology *3 | Rick Van de Poll and Joseph Homer |
| Jul 14 - 20 | Grass Identification: An In-depth Review | Dennis Magee and Rick Van de Poll |
| Jul 21 - 27 | Spider Ecology, Biology, and Identification | Mathias Foellmer |
| Jul 21 - 27 | Introduction to the Study of Bryophytes *F | Fred Olday |
| Jul 28 – Aug 3 | Identification Skills for the New Mushroomer: Foraging for Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms *2 | Greg Marley and Michaeline Mulvey |
| Jul 28 – Aug 3 | Natural Communities of the Maine Coast: An In-depth Experience for Field Botanists and Naturalists *1 | Robert Wernerehl and Kristen Puryear |
| Aug 4 - 10 | Submersed and Emergent Aquatic Flowering Plant *1 *F | C. Barre Hellquist |
| Aug 4 - 10 | Leaf and Stem Mining Insects | Charley Eiseman |
| Aug 11 - 17 | Ferns and Lycophytes: Identification, Biology, and Natural History *2 | Robbin Moran, Carl Taylor, Alejandra Vasco |
| Aug 18 - 24 | Songbird Banding and Raptor Research: Live trapping (Songbirds Only), In-hand Ageing and Sexing Techniques, and Emerging Technologies *3 | Adrienne Leppold, David Brinker, Alison Fetterman, and Todd Alleger |
| Aug 25 - 31 | Pressing Plants for Art and Science *F | Daniel Atha |
| Sep 8 - 14 | Identification of Trees and Woody Plants of the Northern Forest: A Wholistic Approach | Erika Mitchell |
| Sep 8 - 14 | Freshwater and Diadromous Fishes of New England: Identification, Regional Perspectives, and Trends | David Halliwell and Tom Danielson |
| Sep 29 - Oct 2 (3 days) | Fall Mushrooms in a Changing Climate *4 | David Porter and Michaeline Mulvey |