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: THE ART OF LISTENING

Elizabeth Bishop most likely started her poem “Florida” before she ever came to Key West, when she’d only visited the Gulf Coast. She probably...

Wild Things: One of nature’s greatest malcontents

The belted kingfisher was making a series of runs down the moat at Fort Zach, complaining pretty much every time it flapped along the...

WILD THINGS: SAW-BILLED DUCKS & LONG-TERM FRIENDSHIPS

My friend Clark called me a little while back and I missed it. When I returned the call half an hour later, he said,...

WILD THINGS: THE MECHANICS OF GRACE

Fort Zach was packed, flip-flops and burnt shoulders everywhere, even on a chilly day, by Keys standards. I start-stopped my way carefully through the...

WILD THINGS: BIRDS ON WIRES

We ran into our friend Pat Kennedy the other day while waiting for a table at the Hogfish. And because we were all just...

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