Do you have a favorite Chesapeake photo you'd like to submit to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's Photo of the Week contest? Upload your digital photo along with a brief description of where and when it was taken, and what the Chesapeake Bay means to you. We look forward to seeing your photos!
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Photo of the Week: On Jones Pond
December 10, 2018
Virginia's Caledon State Park is a National Natural Landmark known for its old-growth oak-tulip poplar forest and prime habitat for bald eagles along the Potomac River.
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Photo of the Week: We Send Greetings!
December 3, 2018
A beautiful day at Hughlett Point Nature Preserve was made even nicer by a huge flock of pelicans arriving, a waving crab, and fishing for over 2 hours!
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Photo of the Week: White Out
November 26, 2018
A great egret enjoys a quiet early November morning along the shore at Chub Lake, in Virginia Beach, VA.
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Photo of the Week: Blackwater
November 19, 2018
The Eastern Shore's Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1933 as a waterfowl sanctuary for birds migrating along the critical migration highway called the Atlantic Flyway.
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Photo of the Week: Chester River Tall Ships
November 12, 2018
Imagine how pristine the Chesapeake Bay and it's rivers were when these historic tall ships sailed it's waters in the 1600s!
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Photo of the Week: Happy Release Day
November 5, 2018
In September, Rappahannock Wildlife Refuge released a rescued green heron back into the wild!
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Photo of the Week: Fisherman at Sunrise
October 29, 2018
A fisherman paddles the Susquehanna River at sunrise while steam comes off the water on a bitter cold morning in December 2017.
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Photo of the Week: Once Upon a Time
October 22, 2018
Miocene era fossil found on the Shores of the York River, Virginia. Ecphora was a genera of predatory snails that stalked the warm sea that once covered Virginia.
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Photo of the Week: Sunrise on the North East River
October 15, 2018
Sunrise in the early summer of 2017 from the beach at Craft Haven Marina in Perryville, MD.
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Photo of the Week: Rescued
October 8, 2018
An endangered diamond terrapin was rescued from a private citizen in Virginia after it was trapped in a crab pot.
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Photo of the Week: The Bay's Nurseries
October 1, 2018
Heron taking flight from Taskinas Creek in York River State Park, Virginia.
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Photo of the Week: Osprey Couple at Sunset
September 24, 2018
Kent Island osprey couple enjoying the sunset on Price Creek in Maryland.
