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Chesapeake Bay

The United States' largest estuary, a drowned valley of the Susquehanna River. The Chesapeake Bay is a grand highway - a highway for migratory fish and fowl, a highway for transportation and commerce, and a highway of our Nation's history. It is also home to indigenous marine species, watermen, farmers, military, and folks who love the quiet beauty of the Bay.

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Pepper Langley Fishing Pier at Solomons Island
Bay Scenes
Female blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) on beach
Beautiful Swimmer - The Blue Crab
A middle school field trip at Camp Riverview
Conserving and Learning
A female Diamondback terrapin, Malaclemys terrapin, puts the final touches onher freshly laid nest of eggs
Critters
NWS employee Sarah Roy faces an onslaught of cabin cruisers and an impendingstorm as she nears the end of a 25-mile trek down the Patuxent River
Fun and Suns
Erosion along a Patuxent River marsh area has created a series of arches
Problems
A Patuxent River sunset
Sunrise and Sunset on the Bay
Arrow arum (the broadleaf plant) and saltmarsh cordgrass (spartina alternaflora)
Wetlands

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Class B pair of horseshoe crabs

Class B pair of horseshoe crabs.

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Turkey vultures on a Patuxent River pier

Turkey vultures on a Patuxent River pier.

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A purple winter nettle in the shallows of the Patuxent River

A purple winter nettle in the shallows of the Patuxent River.

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A young Northern Water Snake

A young Northern Water Snake.

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A young Northern Water Snake

A young Northern Water Snake.

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A flock of Buffleheads cruising the Patuxent River

A flock of Buffleheads cruising the Patuxent River.

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Cormorants drying their wings on old steamboat landing piles

Cormorants drying their wings on old steamboat landing piles.

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A Great Blue Heron and Turkey Vultures sharing a Patuxent River pier

A Great Blue Heron and Turkey Vultures sharing a Patuxent River...

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