Terrapin Park, Kent Island, Maryland

Terrapin Park is a small wetlands, meadow and beach front park on the shore of Kent Island, directly across Chesapeake Bay from Sandy Point State Park. It is operated by Queen Anne County. There is a parking permit fee, and big fines for violation, but it is nice. The shot of the Bay Bridge was taken in the afternoon when a storm was on the western shore and moving across the bay. The other shots were taken in the early morning and are just a few examples of the wildlife I saw.

                                                  Bay Bridge, looking southwest..

                                     Horsehoe crabs spawning on the bay shoreline.

 

                                                                    Blue Heron

                  Deer in the meadow. We stared at each other for several minutes from about ten yards.

Little Patuxent River - Lake Elkhorn to Savage Mill

Hiked the Little Patuxent river from Lake Elkhorn to Savage Mill this afternoon with Chris. The blue heron was in Lake Elkhorn near the underpass to the trail head.

This doe was with two others. We watched them for ten minutes without spooking them as they browsed in the the trailside thickets. A few more photos can be seen here.

I had never heard of these rapids/falls just upstream from Savage Mill.They are pretty impressive.

At trail's end we climbed up the hill from the river beside this support building that once powered the looms of Savage Mill.