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A pond covered in Nile cabbage (Pistia stratiotes) in South Luangwa National Park, Zambia.
Pistia stratiotes (Nile cabbage)
The American flamingo is found in tropical wetlands. A migratory shallow water bird that gets its distinctive color from the pink crustaceans it feeds on. It also consumes algae.
Phoenicopterus ruber (American Flamingo) 1
The American flamingo is found in tropical wetlands. A migratory shallow water bird that gets its distinctive color from the pink crustaceans it feeds on. It also consumes algae.
Phoenicopterus ruber (American Flamingo) 2
The American flamingo is found in tropical wetlands. A migratory shallow water bird that gets its distinctive color from the pink crustaceans it feeds on. It also consumes algae.
Phoenicopterus ruber (American Flamingo) 3
The queen conch is an important cultural and economic resource for Caribbean countries, but populations are in decline due primarily to overfishing and poaching.
Strombus gigas (Queen Conch)
These traditional boats tended to the oyster fleets working the beds in the Bay, buying harvested oysters from the oystermen in the afternoon, and running those oysters to faraway markets and rail centers in Norfolk, Crisfield, Baltimore, and Washington DC, and to local shucking houses and canneries around the Bay.
Restored Chesapeake Bay oyster buy boat
A boat floating on Chesapeake Bay.
Boat in the Bay
A boat floating on Chesapeake Bay.
Boat in the Bay
Boats floating in community dock in Neavitt, Maryland.
Boats at the dock
Boats floating in community dock in Neavitt, Maryland.
Boats at the dock
Docked boats on the Bay.
Docked boats
Docked waterman's boat in Chesapeake Bay.
Docked waterman's boat
Equipment on a waterman's boat in Chesapeake Bay.
Equipment on a waterman's boat
Equipment on a waterman's boat in Chesapeake Bay.
Equipment on a waterman's boat
Equipment on a waterman's boat in Chesapeake Bay.
Equipment on a waterman's boat
Fishing equipment on the dock.
Fishing equipment
Fishing equipment on a waterman's boat.
Fishing equipment
Fishing equipment on watermen's boats.
Fishing equipment on boats
Docked waterman boat.
Waterman boat
Watermen boats docked in the Bay.
Watermen boats
Watermen boats docked in the Bay.
Watermen boats
Watermen boats docked in Neavitt, Maryland.
Watermen boats
Boats floating in community dock in Neavitt, Maryland.
Boats at the dock
Black skimmers nesting off the Everglades at Cape Romano.
Adult and chick black skimmers
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