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An illustration of a Spanish-style building.
Urban: Spanish-style building
Suburban Cape Cod Home on Stilts
Suburban Cape Cod Home on Stilts
A side view of a Seaside Sparrow.
Ammodramus maritimus (Seaside Sparrow)
A stylized Hi'a Lehua flower shows the green leaves and base and long, upward reaching red petals.
Metrosideros Polymorpha (Hi'a Lehua)
Adult geese and juvenile goslings paddle around a river cove off Lake Michigan.
Canada geese (Branta canadensis) with goslings
Found on golf courses or vacant gravell parking lots, this noisy plover is best known for its
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) nest in busy…
This killdeer nest of nothing more than a shallow depression in the gravel, was found a busy marina parking lot. The owners of the marina placed cinder blocks around the well-camouflaged nest to prevent cars from running over the eggs. The killdeer mother was standing nearby when this photo was taken.
This photo was taken in Easton, MD on May 22, 2014.
Nest and eggs of a Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
Newborn mockingbird nest tucked deep into thorny pyracantha hedge.
Nest of northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
Coreopsis (Coreopsis grandiflora) in farm field on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
Coreopsis (Coreopsis grandiflora) closeup
By elevating the rain barrel in this vegetable garden, the property owner is more likely to get a steady water flow.
Elevated rain barrel
Tree with insect or disease damage on an Eastern Shore Maryland farm.
Unhealthy tree
Damaged tree with possible insect or disease damage on an Eastern Shore Maryland property.
Unhealthy tree
Illustration of a ghost forest, which can be caused by sea-level rise, land subsidence, or both. As land subsides along the coast, trees can drown in saturated soils, creating ghost forests. Salt-water intrusion into groundwater can also cause salt-intolerant trees to die.
Climate change: ghost forest
The Milkweed Tussock Caterpillar (Euchaetes egle), also referred to as the Milkweed Tiger Moth. Shenandoah National Park, VA.
Euchaetes egle (Milkweed Tussock Caterpillar)
The Milkweed Tussock Caterpillar (Euchaetes egle), also referred to as the Milkweed Tiger Moth. Shenandoah National Park, VA.
Euchaetes egle (Milkweed Tussock Caterpillar)
Illustration of a city building.
Urban: city building 09
Illustration of a high-rise building.
Urban: city building 10
Even without a storm present, a full-moon high tide and the low Eastern Shore of Maryland can combine to flood roads, utilities, and waterfront properties.
Flooding, Eastern Shore, MD
Even without a storm present, a full-moon high tide and the low Eastern Shore of Maryland can combine to flood roads, utilities, and waterfront properties.
Flooding, Eastern Shore, MD
Even without a storm present, a full-moon high tide and the low Eastern Shore of Maryland can combine to flood roads, utilities, and waterfront properties.
Flooding, Eastern Shore, MD
Even without a storm present, a full-moon high tide and the low Eastern Shore of Maryland can combine to flood roads, utilities, and waterfront properties.
Flooding, Eastern Shore, MD
Upper reaches of Whitehall Creek.
Upper reaches of Whitehall Creek
The seabeach amaranth is an endangered species, this one was found on Assateague Island, Maryland
Amaranthus pumilus (seabeach amaranth)
The seabeach amaranth is an endangered species, this one was found on Assateague Island, Maryland
Amaranthus pumilus (seabeach amaranth)
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