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.

ANDY THURBER: ARTISTS TEACH ARTISTS

Andy Thurber had an inauspicious start to his career as an artist. “I got kicked out of Mary Immaculate (School) for drawing a mockingbird that...

WILD THINGS: IT’S A WIZARD. IT’S A BIRD. IT’S AN APP.

The Cloisters, we figured, were up there somewhere, though we weren’t totally sure where. Intermittently, as we walked, we could see part of a...

WILD THINGS: DAREDEVIL MIGRANTS & SPA DAYS

I watch a lot of bike racing. For some reason it is the only sport I’ve ever consistently cared about. The early part of...

WILD THINGS: THE DISCRETE CHARMS OF THE BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER

There is a bench up on the berm path at Fort Zach that I forget about on a regular basis. It’s a small thing,...

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The cadence of a songbird’s daily life, of its moment-to-moment motions, are generally faster than we can follow. The speed at which they hop...

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