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: 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,...
WILD THINGS: BIRD NAMES — A CRITICAL CONSIDERATION
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...
WILD THINGS: STORMS & STONES, TURNED & UNTURNED
The sky was foreboding and maybe overdoing it – a two-tone wall of gray and darker gray moving closer and closer to where we...
Popular
Islamorada News
The race for Islamorada Council: Candidates talk public participation in government
Four seats on the Islamorada Village Council are up...
State News
Baffled by those ballot questions? Here’s a cheat sheet.
Sample ballots that arrived in Monroe County voters’ mailboxes...
Key West News
Marine Corps captain dies during Raider training in Key West
Garrett Pearson, a 30-year-old Marine captain and former Virginia...
Education
School board remembers John Padget, honors outgoing member John Dick
The Oct. 6 meeting of the Monroe County school...
Upper Keys News
Join the first Sea Shanty Sing-Along at History of Diving Museum Saturday
Discover the musical traditions of life at sea during...
