Billy Sandifer

Billy Sandifer

Black-bellied Whistling Duck

-Dendrocygna autumalis- The Black-bellied Whistling Duck is unique in appearance, rarely confused with other species. Grey face with white eye...

Tarpon and a Whole Lot More

For decades, June was my favorite surf fishing month as it produced the best fishing for big sharks and tarpon....

Offshore Wind Farms and Other Stuff

When I finished seven years, five months, and eighteen days of active military service, I thought my time of fighting...

Gull-billed Tern

-Gelochelidon nilotica-Length: 14 inchesWingspan: 34 inchesOriginally Sterna nilotica, recently reclassified as Gelochelidon nilotica. Colonial breeder, nests in ground scrapes laying...

A Strategic Withdrawal

Well, I turned sixty-four in June and Mother Nature sure is letting me know it in spades. Today is the...

Great Blue Heron

-Ardea Herodias-Length: 46 inchesWingspan: 72 inchesWeight: 5.3 poundsLarge gray-blue heron with a black stripe extending above eye. White fore-neck is...

A Time and Season for All Things, Even Sargassum!

On the table in front of me stands no fewer than twenty-seven customer inquiries stacked in a neat pile. There...

Painted Bunting

-Passerina Ciris- Length: 5.5"Wingspan: 8.75"Weight: 0.54 ozArrives in Texas from the south in April and nests across most of the...

No, It Ain’t All About Money

This past Saturday, March 19, 2011, a total of 501 volunteers joined together in removing forty-four tons of trash between...

Snowy Plover

-Charadrius alexandrinus-Length: 6.5 inchesWingspan: 17 inchesWeight: 1.25 ozThe color of dry sand with thin dark bill and dark legs. Partial...

Gulf Coast Kitchen

Get all the latest coastal cuisine recipes from guides and authors.

Recipe of the month

Fish Veracruz

I want to thank Kacie Skalak for sharing her version of this wonderful recipe. I made it recently for my...

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