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09/03/2026

RELAX AND ENJOY THE WORKINGMEN’S HOLIDAY
Kick-back, fire-up the grill and celebrate your achievements.
This weekend pays tribute to the contributions and achievements of all of us -- the American workers! The holiday was created by the labor movement in the late 19th century and became a federal holiday in 1894 under the signature of President Glover Cleveland in hopes of bringing workers’ rights squarely into the public’s view.
In the late 1800s, at the height of the Industrial Revolution in the United States, the average American laborer worked 12-hour days, seven days a week, in order to eke out a basic living. Despite restrictions in some states, children as young as 6 or 7 toiled in mills, factories and mines across the country, earning a fraction of their adult counterparts’ wages. Indeed it was a harder time, originated during one of American labor history’s most dismal chapters.
Let us toast those whom over many years fought for workers rights and goals to secure fair labor practices, including better wages, shorter working hours, and safer working conditions

HAPPY LABOR DAY
From THE BOATHOUSE MARINA

08/28/2026

Turtle Nesting in VA
Edited from an article by
NOAA-By Kendall Osborne
For the first time reported, a leatherback sea turtle has nested in coastal Virginia. Leatherback turtles are the largest turtles in the world, in some cases growing beyond eight feet in length.
One Sunday last July, a volunteer discovered large tracks on the sand at Dam Neck in Virginia Beach. The tracks were large and wide, and looked more like truck or ATV tracks than turtle tracks. Leatherbacks disturb a lot of the beach when they come ashore to nest. This “crawl” all over the sand makes it more difficult for predators to locate the eggs. “The tracks were 2.5 meters wide, which is much bigger than the tracks of a smaller and more common loggerhead.
It took the volunteers two and a half hours to finally find eggs. “The size of the eggs also points to a leatherback,” The eggs we found were the size of pool balls, which is the size of leatherback eggs.” On the following Monday, the Aquarium received a call from an angler who had been on the beach Saturday night. The angler provided photographic proof that a leatherback had indeed nested in Virginia. The nest has been protected, and will be watched by volunteers. As the time for hatching approaches, the nest will be monitored both day and night.

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), leatherbacks have been around since the days of the dinosaurs, and have the widest distribution of any reptile in the world. They can hold their breath for 85 minutes, and can cover 10,000 ocean miles to feed and find a nesting site. They are considered endangered, and their population has declined by 40 percent over the last 3 generations. The biggest threats to their survival are poaching of eggs and turtles themselves, and entanglement in fishing gear.
See a sea turtle call Stranding Response at 757.385.7575 The organization has aided 78 turtles in 2026.

08/28/2026

Turtle Nesting in VA
Edited from an article by
NOAA-By Kendall Osborne
For the first time reported, a leatherback sea turtle has nested in coastal Virginia. Leatherback turtles are the largest turtles in the world, in some cases growing beyond eight feet in length.
One Sunday last July, a volunteer discovered large tracks on the sand at Dam Neck in Virginia Beach. The tracks were large and wide, and looked more like truck or ATV tracks than turtle tracks. Leatherbacks disturb a lot of the beach when they come ashore to nest. This “crawl” all over the sand makes it more difficult for predators to locate the eggs. “The tracks were 2.5 meters wide, which is much bigger than the tracks of a smaller and more common loggerhead.
It took the volunteers two and a half hours to finally find eggs. “The size of the eggs also points to a leatherback,” The eggs we found were the size of pool balls, which is the size of leatherback eggs.” On the following Monday, the Aquarium received a call from an angler who had been on the beach Saturday night. The angler provided photographic proof that a leatherback had indeed nested in Virginia. The nest has been protected, and will be watched by volunteers. As the time for hatching approaches, the nest will be monitored both day and night.

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), leatherbacks have been around since the days of the dinosaurs, and have the widest distribution of any reptile in the world. They can hold their breath for 85 minutes, and can cover 10,000 ocean miles to feed and find a nesting site. They are considered endangered, and their population has declined by 40 percent over the last 3 generations. The biggest threats to their survival are poaching of eggs and turtles themselves, and entanglement in fishing gear.
See a sea turtle 1scall Stranding Response at 757.385.7575 The organization has aided 78 turtles in 2026.

08/27/2026

PARTIAL ECLIPSE TONIGHT
Why this one’s worth staying up late for: We won’t get another lunar eclipse this dramatic until New Year’s Eve 2028.
Color & Brightness: From the Northern Neck of Virginia, tonight’s eclipse will appear as a spectacular “almost blood moon” — about 96% of the Moon’s disk will slip into Earth’s dark shadow, glowing a deep reddish orange at maximum, with only a thin bright crescent left lit by the Sun It’s not a full “blood moon,” but the Moon will take on a rich rusty red to copper hue as Earth’s atmosphere filters sunlight into its umbra.
Shape: At maximum, nearly the entire lunar surface will be in shadow, leaving just a sliver of bright light on one side
Safety: Safe to view with the naked eye — no special glasses.
Check the Moon’s altitude: In the Northern Neck, the Moon will be high in the sky during maximum eclipse, making it easy to see.
Here’s how to see it: The partial eclipse will begin at 10:33 p.m. EDT and slowly swallow 96% of the lunar disk, peaking around 12:13 a.m. EDT. Around that peak, you should look for a rusty red glow to cover the shadowed portion of the moon: That red is sunlight bending around our atmosphere. The eclipse will be over at 1:51 a.m. EDT.
A geomagnetic storm watch is in effect, so there’s a chance of faint northern lights, though the bright Moon may wash them out.

08/13/2026

IS MISS COSTA PREGNANT?
Pregnancy Watch for Great White Shark tracked off Virginia Beach is in full force...you can join the fun of finding out.
Is the recently tracked shark MissCosta pregnant? Her movements a few weeks ago suggested she might be. Now researchers are anxiously waiting for other pings for more clues.
Miss Costa. is the 1,668-pound great white shark recently “pinged” off the Virginia Beach coast, and the coming weeks will tell whether or not she’s expecting. OCEARCH, a nonprofit dedicated to researching great white sharks and other predator species, tagged “Miss Costa” (named for the sunglasses brand, an OCEARCH partner) is being tracked along with other tagged sharks, via the organization’s “Global Shark Tracker.”
Miss Costa is more than 1,600 pounds and 12 feet five inches, Miss Costa was originally tagged in September of 2016 on Nantucket. Her travels have been documented through a series of “pings,” or tracker locations, up and down the Atlantic Coast, in the Gulf of Mexico, and offshore. OCEARCH describes a ‘ping’ as the moment when “the tagged shark’s dorsal fin breaks the surface of the water” and sends a location to a satellite.
Miss Costa “pinged” 2 weeks ago off of Virginia Beach, and OCEARCH Founding Chairman and Expedition Leader Chris Fischer says that while there’s a good chance the shark is pregnant, she’s keeping researchers (and her adoring fans) guessing.
Great whites mate in the Cape Cod/Nova Scotia region, Fischer says, and before they’re sexually mature, they complete an annual one-year migration along the coast. Once they’ve mated, they make a migratory loop that takes two years due to the 18-month gestation period. “What the big question with Miss Costa is right now, is that will she return to Cape Cod, which is an indication that she’s not pregnant, and she is going up there to potentially mate, or will she do something else?” explains Fischer. Mating season is here, he says, so “as we all follow, the tracker will reveal her state.”
You can join in the fun as Miss Costa and other sharks are tracked, Fischer hopes that people realize just how important sharks are in the grand scheme of things. “Big sharks mean lots of fish sandwiches for our kids. They are the wolf. They are the balance keeper.” Without big sharks such as Miss Costa, the ocean would be full of jellyfish, and without them “our shellfish don’t filter the water. It’s not only the abundance for the future, but it’s the quality of the ocean now.”
To follow Miss Costa’s journey– and to see if other sharks are pinging nearby – visit the OCEARCH website

This post was edited for educational fair use from Ocearch.org Thanks for the original Laura

08/01/2026

BUZZZzzzzzzzz BUZZzzzzzzz Your Help Is Needed!

This summer's relentless heatwaves aren't just making humans miserable. In fact, they're also putting our pollinators the bumblebees in serious danger....Here’s why: When temperatures hit 80-90°F, bumblebees face a deadly dilemma. The bees fuzzy, heat-trapping bodies, which evolved for cooler climates, start overheating. At around 85°F, many species can barely fly without their flight muscles generating dangerous amounts of heat. Instead of pollinating plants, they're forced to spend all their energy just surviving.

The numbers of bees affected tell a sobering story. After the UK's record-breaking 2022 heatwaves, three common bumblebee species dropped by 20-35%. Here in North America, beekeepers are reporting similar struggles as their hives work overtime just to stay cool.
HERE'S THE GOOD NEWS: small actions that you take in your own yard can make a huge difference. Even a single pot of native wildflowers can serve as a "service station" where overheated bees can rest and refuel. Add a shallow water source with landing spots (rocks or sticks work perfectly), skip the pesticides, and embrace a few "weeds" like clover and dandelions, because they're actually pollinator goldmines, and you’ve got yourself a bee oasis.

Let's keep these little guys COOL and flyin' cause they make the world a SWEETER place.

Thanks!

Posted with Information provided by Chris DeWeese of the Weather Channel See less See less

07/31/2026

BUZZZzzzzzzzz BUZZzzzzzzz Your Help Is Needed!

This summer's relentless heatwaves aren't just making humans miserable. In fact, they're also putting our pollinators the bumblebees in serious danger....Here’s why: When temperatures hit 80-90°F, bumblebees face a deadly dilemma. The bees fuzzy, heat-trapping bodies, which evolved for cooler climates, start overheating. At around 85°F, many species can barely fly without their flight muscles generating dangerous amounts of heat. Instead of pollinating plants, they're forced to spend all their energy just surviving.

The numbers of bees affected tell a sobering story. After the UK's record-breaking 2022 heatwaves, three common bumblebee species dropped by 20-35%. Here in North America, beekeepers are reporting similar struggles as their hives work overtime just to stay cool.
HERE'S THE GOOD NEWS: small actions that you take in your own yard can make a huge difference. Even a single pot of native wildflowers can serve as a "service station" where overheated bees can rest and refuel. Add a shallow water source with landing spots (rocks or sticks work perfectly), skip the pesticides, and embrace a few "weeds" like clover and dandelions, because they're actually pollinator goldmines, and you’ve got yourself a bee oasis.

Let's keep these little guys COOL and flyin' cause they make the world a SWEETER place.

Thanks!

Posted with Information provided by Chris DeWeese of the Weather Channel See less

07/31/2026

THE BOATHOUSE MARINA
WELCOMES THE
POTOMAC RIVER YACHT CLUBS ASSOCIATION TO COLONIAL BEACH FOR THEIR ANNUAL FLOAT IN

Please stop on by the Marina and say hello. We hope you have a great weekend and enjoy our Town and all the fun it has to offer.

07/30/2026

BUZZZzzzzzzzz BUZZzzzzzzz Your Help Is Needed!

This summer's relentless heatwaves aren't just making humans miserable. In fact, they're also putting our pollinators the bumblebees in serious danger....Here’s why: When temperatures hit 80-90°F, bumblebees face a deadly dilemma. The bees fuzzy, heat-trapping bodies, which evolved for cooler climates, start overheating. At around 85°F, many species can barely fly without their flight muscles generating dangerous amounts of heat. Instead of pollinating plants, they're forced to spend all their energy just surviving.

The numbers of bees affected tell a sobering story. After the UK's record-breaking 2022 heatwaves, three common bumblebee species dropped by 20-35%. Here in North America, beekeepers are reporting similar struggles as their hives work overtime just to stay cool.
HERE'S THE GOOD NEWS: small actions that you take in your own yard can make a huge difference. Even a single pot of native wildflowers can serve as a "service station" where overheated bees can rest and refuel. Add a shallow water source with landing spots (rocks or sticks work perfectly), skip the pesticides, and embrace a few "weeds" like clover and dandelions, because they're actually pollinator goldmines, and you’ve got yourself a bee oasis.

Let's keep these little guys COOL and flyin' cause they make the world a SWEETER place.

Thanks!

Posted with Information provided by Chris DeWeese of the Weather Channel

07/18/2026

SHARK TIME! Meet the 14' Shark named Contender.

Mark your calendars, the Discovery Channel’s Shark Week starts July 26.

Just in time to advertise the week of Shark entertainment -- the largest male white shark ever tagged in the western North Atlantic was just detected near a top East Coast tourist destination.

The GPS tracking device on the 14-foot-long shark known as “Contender” triggered an alert Thursday evening near North Carolina’s Outer Banks. The device pings a satellite when it is out of the water, helping the non-profit to track the sharks.
This time, it was not exposed long enough to determine Contender’s exact location, but a spokesperson for OCEARCH told The Sun the nearly 1,700-pound shark is likely heading up the East Coast as a part of sharks’ annual summer migration.
“White sharks in the western North Atlantic typically migrate north and spend the summer and early fall foraging in the waters of Cape Cod or Atlantic Canada,” the spokesperson said.
The region offers sharks comfortable water temperatures, and grey seals and large fish species to feast on.
Contender was first tagged in January last year off the coast of Florida and Georgia.
Since then, he’s traveled more than 7,000 miles in the Atlantic Ocean, swimming between Florida and the Gulf of St. Lawrence, off Canada.

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