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: Sparrow blind
poking around on the internet and you can convince yourself you have anything. And yes, it is generally better to trust someone, say a...
Wild Things: Rare birds and civic duties
The red, white and black notice arrived in the mail the other day, filling me with a bit of hope.
Sure, jury duty reminds us...
Wild Things: What’s the least we can do at Higgs Beach?
The radar showed a dragon's tail of inclement weather dragging across the island. The rain might end soon, or the dragon's tail might keep...
Wild Things: 59 species or bust, continued
The rain only lasted an hour, maybe an hour and a half. Enough time to go home and help reassure the dog that the...
Wild Things: 59 species or bust
Summer had been officially over for nearly half a day, and I had the day mostly free. The only limiting factor, I thought, was...
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