Enjoy the Bay!
Flag Ponds
If you want to come and have a great time with your family or friends or even yourself then keep on reading. Here's a great place to come. It's called Flag Ponds Nature Park in Calvert County, MD (Maryland). If you don't believe us then here's some things to do-
- Hunting for fossils at the beach such as scallops (which is a type of shell), oysters and the rare addition, shark teeth. Up to 3-5 people find shark teeth every year when we go there.
- Collecting sea shells such as a cockle shell (which is a very cool shell) or a pear whelk(which is one of those sea shells that you could hear the sea inside from.)
- You can also have lots and lots of picnics!
- You can swim with crabs, but make sure you don't get bit! Tiny fish and anchovy's! (if you can find any)You can fish or use a seining net.
- You can enjoy nature walks through the beautiful wetlands.
Hiking
From early Spring through Fall you can see wild flowers such as a Columbine, blue flag iris (from which the park gets its name).
A short half mile hike brings you to the sandy, beautiful and magnificent Flag ponds beach. Or you may take longer trail routes that allow you to see the beauty of the park.
Flag Ponds Nature Park is also part of Maryland's history. You can see the old fishermen's hut there.
You can listen to lots of old stories. There are platforms at two ponds where you can see amazing creatures. (you can also take lots of photos).
Other Places to Explore the Watershed:
Seining
You should go seining because you get to spend time with your family and yourself and your friends. If you catch a big enough crab you can eat it. You can catch baby fish and crabs with the seining net.
You also can go to the marsh and use nets to pick up some creepy critters. Some of the creepy critters are: scuds, dragonfly larva, salamanders, tadpoles, and frogs.
There are also plants such as duck weed and cattails.
Watch our YouTube video on How to Sein!
Hunting for Shells & Teeth
One of the most fun things to do at the Bay is to hunt for seashells and shark’s teeth!
When you hunt for them, make sure to keep your eyes wide open!
The most common you will be likely to find are clams, (which are beautiful, striped white shells) a bubble shell, (which are mostly white and some are a tint of orange) and last but not least we have the cockle shell. You might find them at Flag Ponds, maybe Virginia Beach and Turks and Caicos.
You will also find lots and lots of scallops recent and fossil oysters (which are the things you eat) at Flag Ponds Nature Park.
Sometimes we even find shark’s teeth! Watch our YouTube video on how Sharks Teeth become Fossils! It's cool!