Mark Hedden
Mark Hedden is a photographer, writer, and semi-professional birdwatcher. He has lived in Key West for more than 25 years and may no longer be employable in the real world. He is also executive director of the Florida Keys Audubon Society.
WILD THINGS: WITHOUT HOPE AND WITHOUT DESPAIR
The general theory of spring migration in the Florida Keys is that it lasts from about April 15 to May 15. But it’s only...
WILD THINGS: SHOREBIRDS, SOLID GROUND AND TREACHEROUS MUCK
I was about to head out on my road bike when my future wife said, “Put a helmet on. I’m not changing your diaper.”
That...
WILD THINGS: OWL BE THERE
The owl looked straight at me over his left shoulder, then swiveled his head about 350 degrees and looked straight at me over his...
WILD THINGS: AN ORNITHOLOGICAL DEBACLE
I was hearing a red-winged blackbird but seeing a common grackle. Which was fine. If I wasn’t excessively comfortable with cognitive dissonance I wouldn’t...
WILD THINGS: COOPS VERSUS SHARPIES
I was sitting down on the back deck, hammering nails in planks, when I looked up into the mahogany tree and saw a shadow....
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