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TRIVIA IS BACK!!! Mark your calendars now for this epic event. Join MCBP for our annual Trivia Night on Thursday, March 9! This year trivia will take place in Morley Hall at Seacrets in Ocean City. Doors will open at 5:30pm and trivia will start at 6:00pm. Teams of any size are welcome. We will also be having a bucket raffle! Come buy raffle tickets for your chance at winning gift baskets and gift cards from amazing local businesses. The raffle winners will be picked at 7:45pm. You do not need to be present to win. If you are a local business and want to donate, please reach out to Chandler at cjoiner@mdcoastalbays.org. ... See MoreSee Less
Environmental education can take on many shapes & forms, and there is no denying its remarkable ability to transform our society.Increased environmental literacy ➡️ a more conscious, engaged community, and a healthier world. Happy World Environmental Education Day Everyone!🌎 ... See MoreSee Less
Happy #WinterWatershedWednesday!Have you ever watched ducks and geese swimming in the water on a freezing cold day and wondered how are their feet not frozen? If we were to stand barefoot in water in the winter, we would get very cold, and probably wouldn’t be able to stay there very long.Soooooo, how do birds do it?!Birds have this amazing system of blood flow called countercurrent exchange, so while their feet do get cold, it doesn’t cool them down. Essentially, their veins and arteries in their legs are very close together, so the warm blood in the arteries (going from the heart) warms up the cold blood returning from the legs, so that their core stays toasty warm.Birds, such as these Spectacled Eiders (the brown and white dots in the picture), spend the winter eating clams in the Bering Sea surrounded by ice without freezing! And locally, Common Eiders swim in the cold Atlantic around Ocean City all winter long.Photo credits: Spectacled Eiders in the Bering Sea, Bill Larned, USFWS.Common Eider, Kim Abplanalp. ... See MoreSee Less
Bay Day is back! Mark your calendars for Sunday, May 7th from 10:00-2:00 pm for this free, family-friendly, interactive environmental festival hosted by MCBP and Ocean Pines Association. Stay tuned for more details! ... See MoreSee Less
