It’s not usual for great horned owlets to leave the nest before they’re ready to fly and in order to safeguard these birds from predators, wildlife rehabilitators will often use laundry baskets or other containers for renesting the little ones …
Protocol for Chesapeake Bay pilots following ship groundings
The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) investigation of the container ship, Ever Forward, which ran aground in the Chesapeake Bay March 13, will determine the cause of the grounding.
That investigation is ongoing, but causes for ship groundings can include …
Opinion: Why is Anne Arundel County pandering to the wishes of a small group, while continuing to ignore the needs and rights of the disabled?
Anne Arundel County is now considering a rowing facility or “community boathouse” at Homeport Farm Park in Edgewater, the deed of which states the park is for passive use.

Anne Arundel is the same county that has yet to address …
Anne Arundel Recreation and Parks releases audit summary confirming thousands of ADA violations and accessibility issues
(Correction – a previous version of this post stated the county released the audit. They only released a summary of it. I have been invited to see the full audit in person.)
Anne Arundel County Recreation and Parks just released …
Over 200 birds of prey in Maryland affected during same period as 2021 bird mortality event
At least 213 birds of prey in Maryland, specifically red-tailed, red-shouldered and Cooper’s hawks, were affected during the same period of the bird mortality event that hit Maryland, several other states and Washington, D.C. in the spring and summer …