Monday, July 4, 2011

July 4, 2011 Beach

We came back to Maryland yesterday with the lightening and thunderstorms on our heels; we passed through it in Pennsylvania and West Virgina, and caught up with another line of it as we got back last night.

Today, the air is still humid and breeze-less, but not as hot as it could be.
A family plays in the surf.  "Throw me, Daddy!"  "No, it's my turn!"


The Mallards just lie around in the heat.


Another family cruises the beach in their run about.

I found this small dead Striped Bass on the beach.  There was no damage to it, and it looked healthy (well, other than being dead).  Did we have a low oxygen event here?  I saw a few other dead fish, but not many, and none of the other signs of low DO (crabs and fish in the surface, or gasping).  A little mystery.

There was a large flock of Swallows (probably Cliff or Bank Swallows) on the beach near the jetty as we walked up, and took off en mass.


Disappearing behind the dune.

2 comments:

  1. There were a couple of guys seining 'bait' at Matoake on Saturday morning. They were doing well. I didn't examine their catch too closely. A couple of croaker and lots of small stuff in a 5 gal bucket.

    I was amazed to pass 10 people on the beach at 6 a.m. The dog hardly got off the leash.

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  2. Nice photo essay of July 4th families along the Bay, doing Bay stuff.

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