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: Getting Reacquainted in the Tortugas
You think you know a place, and then you don’t visit for eight or nine years, and things start to feel a little foreign.
I’m...
WILD THINGS: HARD HEADS & RED BELLIES
I was at Fort Zachary Taylor, hiding in the afternoon shade of the canopy, near the blacksmith’s shop, when I had a clear look...
WILD THINGS: WALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN (GOOSE)
When we got our first German short-haired pointer, Coffee, I thought she would have a more journalistic relationship with birds than, say, a retriever....
WILD THINGS: A NEW SPECIES FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS
Damn I love the rivers that run through the Mud Keys. They are just the perfect distillation of the raw beauty of the backcountry,...
WILD THINGS: DESTRUCTIVE TO AMBITION
A tiny piece of plastic broke in our CR-V’s brake pedal, which meant the brake lights didn’t shut off when we parked it at...
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Arts & Entertainment Key West
Key West Art & Historical Society Acquires Mario Sanchez Artwork
The Key West Art & Historical Society on Aug....
Upper Keys Community
Neighbor of the Week: Arturo Aulet
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Events
FIU’s SBDC launches free ‘Scale to Grow’ program for Keys entrepreneurs
The Florida Small Business Development Center (FSBDC) at Florida...
Breaking News
Injured by lightning, Florida Keys captain is released from hospital
By Andy Newman
A Florida Keys fishing guide, who was...
Environment
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