Reliable sources tell me a Manatee (technically a West Indian Manatee) showed up in Flag Harbor yesterday, and stayed a while to eat a few heads of cabbage provided by spectators and photographers. I couldn't find it in the evening when I went out fishing (nope, nothing to report), before the storm hit. Manatees tend not to move awfully fast, so I may get more chances.
If the photo turns up in the local papers, I'll post that.
It seems like every year one or two find their way into the Chesapeake. I don't think they find it a very congenial environment. Almost entirely herbivorous, the Chesapeake no longer has large beds of vegetation to graze on, although they may find enough to get by.
A previous post on Manatees.
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