Posted by Jack Russell on January 9, 2023 · Leave a Comment
While winter sends some of the Chesapeake Bay wildlife to warmer climes, the bay remains active throughout the season with many different ducks and birds wintering in the Chesapeake. Here are some of the ducks — and an eagle.
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Posted by Jack Russell on November 13, 2022 · Leave a Comment
MD DNR released this year’s juvenile striped bass survey, which tracks the reproductive success of the iconic rockfish in the Chesapeake Bay. The 2022 young-of-year index is 3.6, which is slightly higher than last year’s result, but remains below the long-term average of 11.3.
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Posted by Jack Russell on November 12, 2022 · Leave a Comment
Orders are being accepted for the spring 2023 planting season for shrubs and trees from the John S. Ayton State Tree Nursery, managed by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources.
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Posted by Jack Russell on November 5, 2022 · Leave a Comment
Fay Ganster of Reading, Pennsylvania has been officially recognized by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources as the new state record holder for the Atlantic Division with an 18-pound smooth dogfish she caught off the coast of Ocean City on October 22.
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Posted by Jack Russell on September 5, 2022 · Leave a Comment
Mourning dove and early Canada goose seasons are now open. Maryland’s Guide to Hunting and Trapping in the ’22-’23 season has posted.
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Posted by Jack Russell on August 2, 2022 · Leave a Comment
Mockingbirds and Bluebirds are chattering and multiplying in the Cap’n’s backyard. Probably in yours, too.
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Posted by Jack Russell on July 7, 2022 · Leave a Comment
Birds use tools, says the Cap’n. He’s spied on them doing it and also runs a fresh fish catering service to a family of osprey.
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Posted by Jack Russell on June 29, 2022 · 3 Comments
I watched Tropical Storm Agnes, 50 years ago this month, change my small part of the watershed, for the worst. It hasn’t recovered. Experts say none of the Chesapeake Bay recovered from Agnes.
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Posted by Jack Russell on May 31, 2022 · 1 Comment
The 2021-22 oyster season was record breaking and watermen rejoiced. On the other hand, the 2021-22 crab survey, an annual measurement of the upcoming season’s crop, was also record-breaking. And there’s no rejoicing.
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Posted by Jack Russell on March 31, 2022 · Leave a Comment
The Purple Martins will begin arriving in a couple of weeks — they usually reach the nests dangling at the Cap’n’s St. George Island dock between the 10th and 13th of April. “You will know when they arrive,” the Cap’n says. “They start singing and don’t stop through the course of their stay.
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