by Jonathan Doherty | Aug 3, 2020 | Monday Magic
Morning dawns at McKee-Beshers Wildlife Management Area, northwest of Washington DC and close by the Potomac River. The sunflowers will be aglow in minutes. (Photos: Clandestine Wren Photography) Each July and August several fields at the 2,000 acre McKee-Beshers...
by Jonathan Doherty | Jun 22, 2020 | Monday Magic
Snowy Egret, along the South River, Maryland, June 2020. (Photos: Clandestine Wren Photography) Snowy Egrets, which grace shorelines and marshes around the Chesapeake Bay, truly seem to define elegance. Thus the reason they were hunted to near extinction in the United...
by Jonathan Doherty | Jun 15, 2020 | Monday Magic
Weed (noun): a plant that is not valued where it is growing and is usually of vigorous growth.Merriam Webster Dictionary Long, long ago. It was different here. Forests reigned supreme. Only in sunny clearings would this plant have been found. To the west, in the...
by Jonathan Doherty | Jun 8, 2020 | Monday Magic
Chesapeake conservationists — many of us know that when we gather in meetings or within our organizations there is a predominant demographic. We often talk about how a particular gathering is not reflective of the face of our region. So what an inspirational bit...
by Jonathan Doherty | Jun 2, 2020 | Monday Magic
“Nothing can surpass in beauty the form, or the glossy, vivid green of the leaves of the tulip-tree. … but their glory was altogether eclipsed by the gorgeous splendor of the profuse blossoms. Conceive, closely congregated, a million of the largest and most...
by Jonathan Doherty | May 25, 2020 | Monday Magic
It seems fitting to pause from our regular celebration of the magic of the Chesapeake Bay watershed for a day more focused on memory. We are in a moment – a long one – where loss is readily apparent, at a rate far higher than normal, from something we cannot see. We...
