My plans Saturday were to meet up with friends and spend the afternoon on a fishing charter in the Chesapeake Bay.  Trophy Striped Ba...

While spring is over a month old, cooler than normal temps most days have kept new growth in check.  This is very evident in the wetlands w...

  The draw-down of the Meadow Grounds Lake continues according to the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission plan.  Note the dark line o...

Flushing Male Lesser Scaup With the spring waterfowl migration in full swing some of the species have already moved north of my area.  ...

  With the draining of the Meadow Grounds Lake continuing now into its seventh week the water level had fallen too far for launching tr...

 As the Meadow Grounds Lake recedes mud flats are being exposed.  The exposed lake bed in turn is attracting some species of bird life no...

Long-tailed Duck   While I have observed Long-tailed Ducks on the Chesapeake Bay a surprise encounter with this male sporting his wint...

  While the red-breasted mergansers were busy feeding on fish exposed by the reduced water lever in the Meadow Grounds Lake, they were a...

Friday evening I checked the lake's water level and determined that I would be able to launch my boat Saturday, probably for the last...

Canon EOS 6D, 600mm F4L IS USM   f5.6, 1/400,ISO800     With a little time to kill, I tossed the camera into the car this evening an...