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.
FLAMINGO FOMO AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
This is the thing: I’ve seen American flamingos before. At least a dozen times in the U.S., maybe two dozen times, sometimes in groups,...
WILD THINGS: PRIZED BOOBIES & BOOBY PRIZES
It was late in the day and Kevin Christman was leaving the Keys, not for the weekend, but for good – boxes packed, small...
BIRD WATCHERS DELIGHT IN RARE FLAMINGO SIGHTING ON GRASSY KEY
Florida has a tetchy relationship with flamingos. A few centuries ago, before the state had been developed, they were common in South Florida and...
WILD THINGS: NOTES FROM A SMALL POND
Were I a better birder, I would have been at the Key West Tropical Forest & Botanical Garden when the gates opened at 10...
WILD THINGS: DRIVEWAY MOMENTS WITH WHITE-CROWNED PIGEONS
The white-crowned pigeon and I had something of a tradition in the summer. He’d be out there feeding in our driveway, and every time...
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