Yellow Perch arrive in the Choptank River behind the studio about this time each year, A sure sign of spring, they show up at the same time as little five-petaled Spring Beauties. Today, as I was walking along the bank, I noticed their long strands of eggs in the water.
The water in the Choptank is low from lack of rain, but the fish still come, driven by thousands of years of instinct.
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Kurt Plinke: About Art and Nature on the Eastern Shore
I write about things I've noticed, places I've been, and paintings I'm thinking about.  To see and purchase artwork created by Kurt Plinke, visit here.
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