Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area
A turkey vulture sits in tree at Soldiers Delight Natural Environmental Area in Owings Mills, MD on Sunday, September 19, 2010. Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area is made up of 1,900 acres of serpentine barren. A serpentine barren area is commonly unfertile, filled with lots of stone, and sparsely vegetated. When talking about Soliders Delight, [...]
The Eastern Shore
The Stanley Institute (also known as Rock Elementary) is the oldest community owned African American one-room schoolhouse that is still intact in Dorchester County, photographed on Wednesday, July 7, 2010 in Cambridge, MD. Built in 1865 near Church Creek, MD, The Stanley Institute was named for Reverend Ezekriel Stanley, the President of the first board [...]
Smithsonian National Zoological Park
A Sloth Bear sniffs a shrub during a lazy afternoon at the National Zoo in Washington, DC on Friday, December 5, 2009. Founded in 1889, the National Zoological Park, also known as the National Zoo, was founded by naturalist and conservationist William T. Hornaday. The park sits on 163-acres within Rock Creek Park in northwest [...]
