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.
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.
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.
ReplyDeleteI was amazed to pass 10 people on the beach at 6 a.m. The dog hardly got off the leash.
Nice photo essay of July 4th families along the Bay, doing Bay stuff.
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