Editor’s note: Parts of this article are featured in the latest season of our Chesapeake Uncharted podcast, available at bayjournal.com or wherever you listen to podcasts. The season is a companion to ...

In early morning at Little Swamp Sanctuary in western Midland County, we can see the far shore of the wetland, almost one half mile away, through a path of trimmed open space where we have a seep or ...

Spotting elegant tundra swans can brighten cold wintry days. Between mid-November and mid-December, we cherish hearing their soft mellow vocalization “hoo-hoo” calls before we see the swans overhead ...