Goin’ Crabbing? Some Hints in Message from the Cap’n
Posted by Jack Russell on May 27, 2020 · Leave a Comment
After what seems a false early start in March, the crab season is running a bit behind schedule as May moves into June. https://www.facebook.com/Jack-Russell-Fins-And-Claws-843047089123253/
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Help Captain Pat’s: Help the Watermen
Posted by Jack Russell on April 13, 2020 · Leave a Comment
A GoFundMe site has been established for Captain Pat’s Seafood — not only a Lexington Park landmark and beloved seafood restaurant — but one of the last local buyers of local watermen’s fresh Southern Maryland catches.
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Ospreys Return to Where They Were Born: Message From the Cap’n
Posted by Jack Russell on March 30, 2020 · Leave a Comment
Ospreys born in 2018 in the Chesapeake Bay will be among the scores of birds returning this month to seek a mate, begin courting, and then building permanent nesting sites to start raising young of their own. Here are some tips for learning about the returning fish hawks.
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St. George Is. Opens 1776 Revolutionary War in MD
Posted by Jack Russell on January 20, 2020 · 1 Comment
This Message from the Cap’n — “St. George Island History”– carries the islander patriots forward from 1639 to 1921 — with some links to local historians Joe Norris and Jason Babcock.
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What’s Killing Our Pine Trees in Southern MD
Posted by Jack Russell on November 1, 2019 · Leave a Comment
The Southern Pine Beetle is wrecking havoc among the loblolly pine trees of Southern Maryland and the lower Eastern Shore. Outbreaks are most prevalent after a hot, dry, period like the one we just had.
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Great Blue Herons: Solitary and Amazing
Posted by Jack Russell on October 23, 2019 · Leave a Comment
Great Blue Herons are year-round residents of the Chesapeake Bay, but some of that population might only be visiting during our cooler, winter months.
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Message From the Cap’n/Oyster Season Begins
Posted by Jack Russell on October 10, 2019 · 1 Comment
“Oyster season in the months with R” used to be the norm, but conservation and disease dropped September out of the season decades ago. This year’s Oct. 1 start of oyster season, with the water temperature in the 70s, won’t have oysters as plump as they will become later when the water temperature falls.
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Message From the Cap’n/Hummingbirds, Our Tiny Visiting Friends
Posted by Jack Russell on August 26, 2019 · Leave a Comment
The Cap’n welcomes tiny visiting guests with hummingbird feeders dangling around his St. George Island home.
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Who’s Who on St. George Island/Paul Haskell
Posted by Jack Russell on August 19, 2019 · Leave a Comment
“I glory in the beauty and solitude, and basking of St. George Island and Piney Point, in the warmth of the wonderfully friendly people.” … Paul Haskell
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Parasites Summer in St. George Marshes
Posted by Jack Russell on August 15, 2019 · Leave a Comment
Plant parasites, dodders, are increasingly invading the High Tide and Water bushes along the shoreline of St. George Island. Like the Cap’n, they send messages, too.
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