Geechee Culture on Sapelo Island
We were saddened to hear about the passing of Cornelia Bailey, author and enthusiastic promoter of Geechee culture on the Georgia coast,...
The Golden Isles
Georgia Outdoors has a new video on the Georgia sea islands - check it out: 'Georgia’s golden coast was named for its beautiful saltwater...
Rising Tides
A friend of mine who lives in Charleston, South Carolina wrote me in mid-November that: "This week, we have tides of over 7 feet (for...
More Georgia Outdoors Episodes
Recent blog posts have featured three more video episodes produced by Georgia Outdoors, and hosted by Sharon Collins. All are well worth...
St. Catherines Island
The Georgia coast has sites of historical, as well as natural, interest. St. Catherines Island, just north of Sapelo Island, and about 50...
Pelican Survivors
'A wonderful bird is the pelican, His bill will hold more than his belican' This memorable quote is often attributed to the humorist...
About Vultures
One spring, a pair of turkey vultures were preparing for the long trip north after over-wintering in the sunny tropics. They were...
Lionfish: Beautiful, but Deadly, Invaders
Lionfish are strikingly gorgeous tropical reef fish, striped pink, red, silver and black with graceful frills decorating their fins. But...
The Day of the…Sargassum Weed?
In the classic 1951 sci-fi novel The Day of the Triffids, made into a 1962 film, a strange meteor shower renders everyone who watches it...
Coastal 'Fleas' and 'Roaches'
If you turn over a mass of cordgrass stems washed up on the beach, bunches of flea-sized bugs will start hopping madly about. Poke around...
