. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. BOOK MARKET about various environments on a barrier island, from the sound to the sea. In case you didn't know it. Jockey's Ridge and Kill Devil Hill are medanos — high sand dunes on the move. For good measure, Morris adds appendices — one with a monthly listing of festivals and events, and another listing fishing tournaments along the coast. It adds up to a good read and a great resource. • How to Read a North Carolina Beach: Bubble Holes, Barking Sands, and Rippled Runnels, by Orrin H. Pilkty, Tracy Monc
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. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. BOOK MARKET about various environments on a barrier island, from the sound to the sea. In case you didn't know it. Jockey's Ridge and Kill Devil Hill are medanos — high sand dunes on the move. For good measure, Morris adds appendices — one with a monthly listing of festivals and events, and another listing fishing tournaments along the coast. It adds up to a good read and a great resource. • How to Read a North Carolina Beach: Bubble Holes, Barking Sands, and Rippled Runnels, by Orrin H. Pilkty, Tracy Moncgaii Rice and William J. Neal. 2004. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, N.C. 176 pages. Paperback, $12.95. ISBN-8078-5510-3. "Walking on a beach in the afternoon sun, while taking in a spacious view of the sea and the mesmerizing waves or scanning the great horizon for signs of life, one often feels that time is standing still. All sense of distance and the passage of time are lost in the fascination of searching for shells or wading through the changing patterns of the swash. For the curious, observant beach stroller, the beach holds many mysteries." And so the trio of authors set the scene for readers to begin unraveling many of the riddles of any stretch of sandy beach. It's important, they say, to understand the dynamic equilibrium of a beach: its shape is the end product of the sea-level change, the quality and quantity of sand, the height of the waves and the strength of the currents. When one of these factors changes, the others adjust accord- ingly. Dynamic is definitely the key word here.. ROBERT P. TEULINGS RICKY DAVIS Birds of the Carolinas But what about barking sands? The noise is produced by scuffing your feet on patches of sand on the upper beach, where sand is deposited by both water and wind. For the sand to bark or sing, all the grains must be of similar size, nearly spherical in shape, free of organic material, and have dust-free