Naturalist’s Notes

The American kestrel may be one of North America’s smallest birds of prey, but they are still formidable predators. About the size of a mourning …

Anyone who goes fishing for rockfish in the Chesapeake Bay has probably seen an American eel. On the end of a hook, and used as …

Winter is a great time to attract birds to your backyard and to observe them at a feeder. The National Audubon Society suggests that as …

In 1608, Captain John Smith sailed up the Chesapeake Bay from Jamestown, Virginia, on a voyage of exploration. Indeed, Smith’s shallop and its 14-man crew …

For those of us that live close to the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, the return of ospreys each year in March is one of …

As Winter begins to give way to the mud season, the fluctuations between freezing nights and days in the 40s and 50s cause something magical …

I was going to begin with writing about how anyone on a trip to a park, nature center, or natural area would encounter invasive plants. …

Among all life on earth, amphibians are unique in representing a bridge between aquatic and terrestrial organisms. The word amphibian itself is from the ancient …

February 2015 was the coldest February since 1934. The often-referenced “polar vortex” of last year doesn’t measure up to the cold of February 2015, which …

Marshy Point is home to a domestic turkey that wanders the area around the nature center with our chickens, but several dozen wild turkeys also …