Location:

Calvert Cliffs of MD

~ 22-8 Million Years Old
Early to Middle Miocene
Chesapeake Group: Calvert, Choptank, and St. Mary's Formations

Additional site images:

Wildlife shots, Scenic shots, Fossils as found, etc..

The Calvert Cliffs after a freeze in January	The Calvert Cliffs during a blowout tide	The Calvert Cliffs after a freeze in January
The Calvert Cliffs during a blowout tide	The Calvert Cliffs after a freeze in January	Ice on the top of clay blocks in the winter create strange mushroom-shaped erosion patterns.
Ice on the top of clay blocks in the winter create strange mushroom-shaped erosion patterns.	Cliff section along the bay	Excavating a partial porpoise skull for the Calvert Marine Museum.
Excavating a partial porpoise skull for the Calvert Marine Museum.	A film crew along the bay	Getting ready to launch during sunrise for a fossil filled day
Exploring a little island in search of washed up fossils
Excavating a partial porpoise skull for the Calvert Marine Museum.	Another Great Blue Heron catching small fish in a small tidal flat	A whale or porpoise vertebra still partially in the clay beach.
Kayaking from the cliffs	Mako laying on the beach	Sunrise at Brownies Beach
On sunny days, Cownosed dray will sun themselves on the surface This one was startled by the Kayak.	Another cownosed ray	Close-up of a cownose ray on the surface
Cliffs at Matoaka Cottages	Ray plate still in matrix	Snorkeling for fossils *Tools of the trade* *How/Where to look*
A snorkel eye view	Rays visited us while snorkeling	Rays continued to visit us while snorkeling
View of Brownies Beach at sunrise	A rough dive