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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
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A Patuxent River sunset
Sunrise and Sunset on the Bay
Arrow arum (the broadleaf plant) and saltmarsh cordgrass (spartina alternaflora)
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Mute swan

Mute swan. Mute swans are an agressive invasive species along the...

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Mute swan nest

Mute swan nest. Mute swans are an agressive invasive species...

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Pair of mute swans with cygnet following

Pair of mute swans with cygnet following. Mute swans are an...

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Female Canada goose setting on nest

Female Canada goose setting on nest. Trying desperately to stay...

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Muskrat hut

Muskrat hut

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Mass mortality of young diamondback terrapins

Mass mortality of young diamondback terrapins. Probably drowned...

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Mass mortality of young diamondback terrapins

Mass mortality of young diamondback terrapins. Probably drowned...

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4 diamondback terrapins about to be released in wild

4 diamondback terrapins about to be released in wild.

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