#Chesapeake Bay

[pointandshooter]

Queen Anne’s County, Maryland - monochrome version

photo: David Castenson

[puttinglaiosplaces]

can you please put him along the shores of the beautiful Chesapeake bay

The Beautiful Chesapeake Bay

[fatchance]

Ocean View view.

[ltwilliammowett]

The Maryland Ship Defence chases the British Sloop Otter down Chesapeake Bay, 1776, by Leslie Wilcox (1904-1982)

[snailkites]

Osprey in the lower Chesapeake Bay have been experiencing nest failure, leading to a reproductive rate comparable to during the DDT crisis. But unlike during DDT, reproductive failure occurs not at hatching but while young are in the nest.

The culprit? Overfishing of menhaden (a fish species), which Osprey depend on in the lower, more saline portion of the Bay.

"The current fish availability is not high enough to allow osprey to reproduce sustainably.  Their young are starving in the nest – most within the first week after hatching."

The menhaden fishery is controversial. A popular bait fish for striped bass and other sportfishing, it is also crucial to many birds of prey along the coast.

In contrast to the lower Bay, Osprey in the upper bay rely on a mix of catfish, shad, and other species. These Osprey are experiencing stable population growth rates.

Bald Eagles, which often kleptoparasitize Ospreys, are also doing well. They are at total capacity in the region: essentially every possible territory is occupied.

Check out the linked article by the Center for Conservation Biology for more information.

[libraryofva]

Recent Acquisition - Ephemera Collection

As Low as $87.70 ..... 3-Day Sight Seeing Cruise, Washington to Virginia Beach and Historic Williamsburg via the Chesapeake Bay - on the "S.S. Chesapeake" owned and operated by Chesapeake Bay Line, Inc.

[naptownblues]

Oyster dredging in the Eastern Bay, Chesapeake Bay, Maryland. My photo taken yesterday during a photo workshop with Jay Fleming, Photographer.

[lonestarbattleship]

"Army bombing tests on former USS Alabama.

Ex-USS Alabama (BB-8) showing the effect of a phosphorus bomb, while serving as a target for U.S. Army bombers in Chesapeake Bay. An Army Martin twin-engine bomber is flying overhead. Also visible, in the foreground, is a Navy F5L seaplane. Wrecks in the distance are the old battleships San Marcos (furthest to the left) and Indiana, both of which had been used as targets.

Date: September 27, 1921

Naval History and Heritage Command: NH 263-KN (color)

[dopescissorscashwagon]

From the air over the Chesapeake Bay!

📸 by David Dibert

[davidnajewiczphotography]

Was visiting Havre de Grace, Maryland, and ran across this ceramic face laying on the edge of the sidewalk - very strange.  

[orkowhereheshouldntbe]

orko in the Chesapeake Bay :D

[ID in ALT!]

Orko at the Chesapeake Bay. Watching the tide roll in.

[pointandshooter]

photo: David Castenson

[aqua-zara]

My states reptile— the diamondback terrapin

Did you know no two terrapins are exactly alike? Like our fingerprints, each of them have different patterns/markings on their skin + shells!

If you grew up in Maryland, you may have had the chance to raise a couple of them in school. I was lucky enough to have been able to do it three times, it was a great experience. I hope they’re all doing well (:

[spooky-chelski]

So close you can see…. but you cannot touch….

[ltwilliammowett]

Three Cannon balls recovered from Chesapeake Bay near Fort McHenry, American Revolutionary War (1775-1783) from left to right 6lbs, 5lbs and 4lbs

[sidetracked-by-nature]

I found a ton of little splitgill mushrooms on a tree near the water the other day! There were also LOTS of snails 🐌

IDs:

1. Splitgill mushroom (Schizophyllum commune)

2. Marsh periwinkle snails (Littoraria irrorata)

3. Male mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)