Charles Seabrook’s nature column returning to the AJC
If you’re a nature enthusiast, you will be glad to know that Charles Seabrook’s column on natural Georgia will be back at the Atlanta Journal Constitution this Sunday. Among the many changes the paper is making to try and survive, Seabrook’s column got canned. But the newspaper leadership listened to its readers and will return the column.
If you’re not familiar, Seabrook writes about places in Georgia with unique flora and fauna as well as explaining when you can expect to see which variety of hummingbird coming through or what kind of owl it is in your neighborhood making that strange noise. He has written books on Cumberland Island (Cumberland Island: Strong Women, Wild Horses, John F. Blair Publishing, $16.95) and the kaolin industry in Georgia ( Red Clay, Pink Cadillacs and White Gold: Georgia’s Kaolin Chalk Wars, Longstreet, 1995)
Really – there’s nothing like being “out there” and knowing what you are seeing. Here are links to several recent columns:
Mushrooms fill a variety of vital roles -
http://www.ajc.com/living/content/printedition/2008/11/23/wild.html
Owls rule autumn’s nighttime chatter –
http://www.ajc.com/living/content/living/homeandgarden/stories/2008/10/05/wild_1005_owls_autumn.html
Invading bugs ravage our forests -
http://www.ajc.com/living/content/printedition/2008/11/02/wild.html
4 Comments
I certainly miss Charles Seabrook’s column. I so wish it were back in the paper, if only for Sunday. His information is so useful and enjoyable. Please, Please rethink this decision to discontinue his column!
LOVE your column! Is there any to get picture or drawing of the birds or flowers you write about? Keep those columns coming!
I would like to know email address of Charles Seabrook. I’d like an opinion on something about the study of birds. He was suggested in my book club as one who could be best to contact!!
Thanks – Jane
My husband and I visited Sprewell Bluffs State Park this weekend based on an AJC column written several months ago by Charles Seabrook on the Flint River. It was a beautiful park and we were pleasantly surprised at the cleanliness and family atmosphere the park provided. I would have never known about this park and this section of the Flint River if it had not been for Mr. Seabrook’s column! Now, whenever he writes about Georgia’s natural wonders, I cut out the column for future visits!! Love it! Marta Wood – Stone Mountain, GA