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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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Mute swan guarding its nest in an agressive posture

Mute swan guarding its nest in an agressive posture.

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A juvenile terrapin poking its head up for a look around

A juvenile terrapin poking its head up for a look around.

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A little green heron (Butorides virescens )

A little green heron (Butorides virescens )

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Patuxent River heronry

Patuxent River heronry.

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Hummingbird on a feeder

Hummingbird on a feeder.

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Eastern towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)

Eastern towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)

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A multitude of seagulls over the Patuxent River silhouetted against an overcastsky

A multitude of seagulls over the Patuxent River silhouetted...

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A great white egret or great egret (Ardea alba) on the Patuxent River

A great white egret or great egret (Ardea alba) on the Patuxent...

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