Thursday, July 16, 2015

Day 4, July 11

After a nice breakfast at camp, we drove to the Calvert Marine Museum. We saw many fossils, fish, boats, and historical artifacts. We then went sailing. fishing and dredging aboard the Sigsbee. First, we hoisted our flags above the Sigsbee. Then we went fishing and caught blue crabs, oyster toadfish, oysters, mussels, sea squirts, and even a skilletfish with its eggs in an oyster shell. Then we went dredging and caught a lot more oysters. We even found a pearl in an oyster! It was a very lucky day for us on the bay today.


Calvert Marine Museum




Flag lifting








Fishing





Newly molted blue-crab




Skilletfish and its eggs in an oyster shell


Dredging

A pearl in an oyster







































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2 comments:

Unknown said...

I am really enjoying these posts. Thank you!

Congratulations on finding a pearl. How lucky, indeed. How big is it? It's hard to estimate from the picture. Who gets to keep it?

Also, please tell Emma that her mom said to wear her big hat! :)

Enjoy the last few days!

Maggie

July 12, 2015 at 2:21 PM
Anonymous said...


Hey Maggie, I'm glad you're enjoying this blog! The pearl is about 1/4 of an inch in diameter by my estimation, We were all really excited about our find. We're not quite sure what to do with it but It will likely be used for educational purposes. Stay tuned for more fun posts.

And I will pass on the message to Emma. No worries.

Ese

July 14, 2015 at 7:05 AM

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