In 1981, the Wildfowl Trust of North America, purchased 315 acres of marshland and pine forest in Grasonville, Maryland, on the Eastern Shore, just east of the Bay Bridge, and about 40 miles from Baltimore. The trust added 195 acres in 1999. As its website states:
Demonstration gardens, backyard habitats and a constructed wetland enable school groups and visitors to learn techniques and designs to enhance habitat on their own property. The Visitor’s Center, education building, screened lakeside pavilion and main exhibit area including a collection of non-releasable raptors, are open to the public throughout the year.
I spent about two hours roaming about the place, visiting marshlands, the shoreline, the lakeside and the loblolly pine forest. Unfortunately, the only wildlife I saw these six geese standing at attention on an island in the lake.
They didn't move during the ten minutes I observed them.
Here is a picture of marshlands along the bay and an observation tower, and a picture of an elevated wooden path through tall marsh grass.
Mileage: 155. Cumulative mileage: 2.015. Today's earworm: "Wanted Dead or Alive" Bon Jovi
