Public Can Help Document Spawning Sites The horseshoe crab — Limulus polyphemus — is returning to Maryland’s coastal shores this month for one of the world’s oldest and largest wildlife migrations. Each spring adult horseshoe crabs migrate into the coastal bays from offshore overwintering areas to spawn on sandy beaches and, to a lesser extent, […]
E-Z Pass for Fish: Acoustic Telemetry at CBL
Ella Rothermel, a candidate for Master of Science specializing in Ecological Systems at UMCES’ Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, is studying fish migrations off the coast of Maryland. Her research focused on the movement ecology of striped bass and Atlantic sturgeon. Both of these species reproduce and are born in freshwater but spend a significant portion of […]
Migration Celebration at the North Beach Senior Center
Love the sound of geese flying South overhead? Does it signify Fall is here? Dragonflies, swifts, osprey, geese and monarch butterflies all fly south to overwinter. Join us to learn about these amazing travelers that call Maryland home while raising their families and then take off on an epic journey in September. For more information […]
Fall Home School Day Explores Migrations
Wednesday, October 28 Registration 10 am Program is 10:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Calvert Marine Museum is partnering with the Southern Maryland Audubon Society for our Fall Homeschool Day. Special scheduled activities and stations set up throughout the museum invite students to learn more about the movements of birds and marine animals that migrate into […]