Nature Encounters with Capt. Debbie

05/19/2026

Courtney’s Boy & Ken

05/19/2026

🦀 https://www.fox5dc.com/news/chesapeake-bay-blue-crab-numbers-rise?utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwZnRzaAR5jsRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeulBSXYeeSTuhIwX7kmGF97m0vwW1zIJvOROk_c1fJ3TvgcksDZPygmd4CGs_aem_kFDRSo52w_4ws4cvlMrSRg

Good news for the Chesapeake Bay blue crab after new survey results show the population is climbing after years of decline.

05/19/2026

ASSATEAGUE ISLAND, Md. - A man says he was bitten by a shark at Assateague State Park on Sunday morning.

03/22/2026

Just thought I would share my pets, a mini golden doodle and angora rabbit. I guess I could call them my fur babies.

02/07/2026

Goodbye Toms Cove. 😭

There is a little unknown surprise at Toms Cove! www.nps.gov/asis/planyourvisit/hours.htm

01/27/2026

Lost & Found https://cowboystatedaily.com/2026/01/27/long-lost-horse-found-and-rescued-after-seven-months-in-wind-river-mountains/?fbclid=IwdGRjcAPmB0BleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeQNJITIvNbG-nUCAjdy9a1z7o_Yr1phx8jebmc5nZ1XiKhHHLxlBEUTl2Wtc_aem_8qgE-lUVcBzJ2IlIsc9NzA

Mouse the horse had been missing since July 2025, only to be found alive by snowmobilers in the Wind River Mountains. Several people, specialized snow…

01/16/2026

RIP my beautiful Golden Girl.

12/16/2025

🐴 https://www.facebook.com/share/1Ex5M5uS44/?mibextid=wwXIfr

For centuries, locals have claimed that an old Spanish shipwreck is the origin of the Chincoteague ponies. Now DNA from an old tooth hints at where they came from, Sarah Zhang reported in 2022:
https://theatln.tc/W7HJB3oS

📸: Jim Watson / AFP / Getty

12/05/2025

Wonder if it will visit Chincoteague ? https://www.facebook.com/share/174bFxDBD4/?mibextid=wwXIfr

The juvenile is heading south this season, and is detected off the Easter shore of Virginia and traveling rapidly from Montauk to the Chesapeake Bay area.

12/02/2025

Oldie but goodie.