Tagged Stories: "wildlife"

Identifying commonly overlooked birds

A wood frog visits a vernal pool in Chesapeake Beach, Md., on March 10, 2019. Vernal pools are seasonal wetlands that attract a range of amphibians, which use the fish-free environment to spawn and reproduce. Amphibians that breed early in the year, like the wood frog are particularly vulnerable to contamination from road salts.

Our monitoring coordinator is still trying to scratch the “water quality itch”

Special adaptations help owls successfully hunt in all conditions

A female yellow garden spider stands over prey wrapped in in silk in her web. (Photo courtesy of Rik Brittain/iNaturalist CC BY-NC)

The luna moth can be seen in forested areas throughout the watershed

Insects use the unpalatable compounds in milkweed plants to ensure their survival.

The American brook lamprey is a native fish of the Chesapeake Bay

Vernal pool monitoring programs track the breeding activity of endangered tiger salamanders.