Ranked #1
March: Early Spring Fish
March: Early Spring Fish
Welcome to our last episode of "Chesapeake Almanac." Cold weather is losing its grip on the Chesapeake, but though the w... Read more
23 Mar 2022
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6mins
Ranked #2
March: River Geography
March: River Geography
There is no other estuary in the world with a network of rivers like the one that feeds Chesapeake Bay. Every square inc... Read more
16 Mar 2022
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6mins
Ranked #3
March: Barnacles and Springtime
March: Barnacles and Springtime
In March, you can see the tiny, wedge-shaped larvae of barnacles catching early spring plankton. They scull about with t... Read more
9 Mar 2022
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5mins
Ranked #4
March: Copepods - Keystones of Spring
March: Copepods - Keystones of Spring
Copepods. They are among the most abundant multicellular animals on earth and generally regarded as the most numerous in... Read more
2 Mar 2022
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7mins
Ranked #5
February: Cold Water Brings a Quiet Season
February: Cold Water Brings a Quiet Season
While February is the shortest month of the year, to many anglers it can seem like the longest. What happens to the Bay'... Read more
24 Feb 2022
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4mins
Ranked #6
February: Sea Ducks Relish Winter on the Chesapeake
February: Sea Ducks Relish Winter on the Chesapeake
Winter brings several diving ducks from Canada and Alaska that thrive on the open Chesapeake. In this episode, John Page... Read more
16 Feb 2022
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6mins
Ranked #7
February: Otters Are Busy Now
February: Otters Are Busy Now
The Chesapeake has a healthy population of otters. In fact, every river system has at least one family. Otters are perha... Read more
11 Feb 2022
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7mins
Ranked #8
February: Eagles Nesting
February: Eagles Nesting
Did you know it's likely that most members of every population of bald eagles on the East Coast visit the Chesapeake at ... Read more
3 Feb 2022
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8mins
Ranked #9
December: Miocene Fossils
December: Miocene Fossils
Fossils put Bay time into perspective. Features of today's region were already recognizable when the Atlantic Ocean floo... Read more
22 Dec 2021
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6mins
Ranked #10
December: Muskrats and Winter Marshes
December: Muskrats and Winter Marshes
In this episode, John Page introduces us to the Chesapeake's most abundant aquatic mammal and one of the few that are ac... Read more
15 Dec 2021
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6mins