A Lifelong Fisher

WHQR | By Andy Wood

Published June 13, 2008 at 9:14 AM EDT

"The gannet's life, as with its intended quarry, is one of movement; including long and tedious oceanic travels, broken by brief though dramatic feeding frenzies."

By Andy Wood

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Wilmington, NC – Last week, commentator Andy Wood was on a local beach when he witnessed a drama between a fish-eating gannet and its intended meal.

Andy sends this out in loving memory of his nephew Richie Spears, lifelong fisher, outdoorsman, and kindred spirit with gannets and all dwellers of the sea.

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Andy Wood

Andy Wood, a WHQR commentator since February 1987, is an ecologist and conservation educator with an affinity for ecosystem habitats in and around southeastern North Carolina, and the plants, wildlife, and people they support. A collection of Andy’s commentaries is collected into his first book, Backyard Carolina: Two Decades of Public Radio Commentary.

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