Planting "homegrown" wild celery plants as part of Chesapeake Bay Foundation "Bay Grasses for the Masses."

Planting "homegrown" wild celery plants as part of Chesapeake Bay Foundation "Bay Grasses for the Masses."

Planting "homegrown" wild celery plants as part of Chesapeake Bay Foundation "Bay Grasses for the Masses."

Fiddler crab on the beach

A flock of sea gulls taking it easy

A sea gull in flight

Summer homes on a deserted winter beach

Summer homes on a deserted winter beach

A deserted fisherman's home on the Outer Banks

The ribs of a once mighty ship bare on the "Graveyard of the Atlantic."

A starfish wrapped around a rock

Pelican in flight

The Thomas Point Lighthouse just north of the mouth of the South River below Annapolis

Drum Point Lighthouse, now a museum, stood watch at the mouth of the Patuxent River.

The Drum Point Lighthouse after being moved to Solomon's Island

Sailing is a popular pastime on the Chesapeake Bay.

A squall line threatens sailors

A squall line threatens sailors

A storm building over the Patuxent River.

High tide and storm threaten a pier and beach along the Patuxent River.

The Snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina, is easily confused with the alligator snapping turtle. Considered ill-tempered, they feed on invertebrates, fish, reptiles, carrion, etc. and a surprising amount of vegetation. These turtles trapped in the fresh and brackish waters of bay tributaries and sold to restaurants for use in soups and stews.

A female Diamondback terrapin, Malaclemys terrapin, puts the final touches on her freshly laid nest of eggs.

A Great Egret.

A crayfish home along a Calvert County stream. Crayfish use mud balls to create towers over their holes along freshwater streams.

A redwing blackbird perching atop reeds in a Patuxent river marsh. Arrow arum plants are in the foreground.

Pickerel weed (Pondeteria cordata) marsh in the Patuxent River. Found in freshwater tidal marshes, it is a source of food for deer.

Pickerel weed (Pondeteria cordata) marsh in the Patuxent River. Found in freshwater tidal marshes, it is a source of food for deer.

Tidal inlet along the western shore of the Cheasapeake Bay.

A storm is brewing on the lower Patuxent River. Shoreline includes sand, grass, and brush.

A foggy St. Mary's College of Maryland Garden of Remembrance, overlooking the St. Mary's River.

Fall colors grace St. Johns Pond, a tidal pond off of the St. Mary's River

Charter boat "Optimist" stands ready at Chesapeake Beach to take its next set of patrons fishing on the Chesapeake Bay.

A rather rickety looking home pier for a Chesapeake waterman

A fleet of small charter fishing boats in port.

Fishing for blues in the bay - NOAA/NODC employees Melanie Hamilton and Chapman Hom watch as yet another Bluefish comes aboard.

Advection fog and the morning sun coming up over the Chesapeake Bay and Fishing Creek.

Dawn at Fishing Creek looking out towards the Chesapeake Bay. Advection fog and a small fleet of small charter boats at dock.

Overlooking the St. Mary's River from the graveyard at St. Mary's City. St. Mary's City was the first capital of Maryland.

Sunset over the St. Mary's River from the boathouse at St. Mary's College of Maryland.

Sunrise overlooking Fishing Creek and the Chesapeake bay through the early morning fog.

Overlooking the St. Mary's River from the campus of St. Mary's College of Maryland.

Overlooking the St. Mary's River from the campus of St. Mary's College of Maryland.

Sunset over the Thomas Johnson Bridge joining Calvert and St. Mary's Counties Maryland.

Sunset over the Thomas Johnson Bridge joining Calvert and St. Mary's Counties Maryland.

Sunset over the Thomas Johnson Bridge joining Calvert and St. Mary's Counties Maryland.

Low tide near Gloucester.

Young, unidentified shore bird.

Coastal bay area

Rocky shoreline

St. Mary's College of Maryland student investigating the various seaweeds and invertebrates found in Massachusetts tide pools.