Skipjacks glide across the Bay, oystermen and crabbers harvest its bounty, green forests turn to gold, while geese carve a silhouette against an autumn sky. 

Chesapeake Fog

A Gathering

The great marshes along the Chesapeake are almost void now of their summer colors and the stillness of the mornings will soon be broken as their winter guests arrive. What is it that calls the great flocks of ducks, snow geese, and Canada geese to the Chesapeake Bay?  

Why is it this particular morning that the flocks begin to arrive as the sun breaks through the low hung clouds. One can only look upward and imagine there is some great force that orchestrates this journey from the distant Far North to the  Salt marshes of the Chesapeake. 

Original music & video ©2018 Richard Olsenius

Silence of the
Marsh

Across the vast saltwater marshlands of the Chesapeak, a quiet has settled in. A low rising sun has little strength now to warm the cool mornings. The remaining leaves are finally gone and the gentle autumn breeze will soon be forgotten when the storms called nor’easters track along the Atlantic Coast.It’s only a matter of time now before the great flocks of Snow and Canada geese arrive from the north breaking the silence of the autumn marsh.

Original music & video ©2018 Richard Olsenius

Blue Beginnings