Too Soon To Tell
Some people say we've eaten all of the Blue Crabs the Chesapeake Bay has to offer. Others believe the alarming decline in the numbers of crabs is part of a natural cycle; they'll come back strong, given time. Scientists, too, are interested in the drama of the Chesapeake Blue Crab, its life cycle, and sudden decline. In the face of mounting evidence that crab harvests may never again rebound, researchers offer their predictions.

The Road Show
There's the tiny Eastern Screech Owl that was found, injured, on a roadside. And the Black Vulture that was rescued as a chick from a burning barn in Havre De Grace. There're the Owls – Barn, Bard, Great Horned and Short-eared; the Turkey Vulture with a missing toe; the Bald Eagle and Golden Eagle, and the osprey, hawks and falcons. They make up the bird portion of a company of "performers" that's half of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources' Scales 'n Tales program, a unique, traveling zoo that helps to educate people about the state's different species of birds. The other half that finds its way with the birds to schools, birthday parties, county fairs and other venues, are a collection of snakes that round out the complement of players.

A Walk With The Stokes
Birds like 'em. Bird watchers love 'em. Don and Lillian Stokes, of MPT's Stokes Birds at Home fame, take an opportunity to bird-watch in a suburban Washington, D.C. sanctuary to take in the sights offered up by a Maryland springtime.