Gone Fishing
The Sherr family: sons Jared and Aaron, husband Barry, and father-in-law Saul Sherr surf fishing on Nannygoat Beach, Sapelo Island, 1987....
A Haven for Herons
The State of Georgia has done an exemplary job of preserving its tidal wetlands. According to the Georgia Department of Natural...
Dolphins versus Porpoises
'Dolphin,' I said. 'No,' my husband Barry insisted, 'a dolphin is a fish, the marine mammal is a porpoise!' In revising my book 'Marsh...
Nesting Loggerhead Sea Turtles
On Mother's Day, it's only appropriate to write about motherly labors of love. Few mothers go to the extremes that mama loggerhead...
Birding along the Georgia coast
The Southeastern US is a hotspot for birders. To promote avian tourism, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources has developed the...
Little St. Simons Island Video
Georgia Outdoors has another wonderful video about Georgia sea islands; this one features the wildlife and landscapes of Little St....
So, what is a mummichog?
The minnow-like fish swarming in tidal creeks at low tide, or in the marsh at high tide, are mummichogs, the most common of the species...
Video on American Alligators
American alligators are iconic reptiles of the Georgia coast. They can be found lurking in freshwater ponds, swimming in tidal creeks,...
Rattlesnakes and cottonmouths venomous, not poisonous
In his review of 'Marsh Mud and Mummichogs', Ian Wood correctly called out my Chapter 7 error in referring to the eastern diamondback...
Georgia fiddlers (crabs, that is)
These small crabs, scuttling in large 'herds' across the marsh at low tide, are among the most conspicuous invertebrates in Georgia salt...
