77-year-old a genuine voice of the Chesapeake

Some people get up every morning and go for a jog to stay in shape. Tom Wisner, 77, arises and sings outdoors for two or three hours.

Though his voice is deep, mellow and riveting, sounding a bit like Burl Ives', no one hears Mr. Wisner flow through his repertoire of songs that embrace the life and wildlife of the Chesapeake Bay area, except the birds, crickets and woodland animals.

He lives in a small home on 150 acres, at the end of Sollers Warf Road in Lusby, a dirt trail 3/4 mile long.

"Singing brings peace to me," he said, adding his "bible" is the book by scholar Tom Berry, "The Great...