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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 COLUMN: KEY WEST TEAMS UP TO RESCUE A COMMON TERN

I was working hard on a “The Year In Birds” column. I had gotten as far as “January 2023” and needed a break. The...

WILD THINGS: A TALE OF TWO DOVES

The doves had been giving me the hairy eyeball all afternoon. Though with doves not having hair, I guess I should say they were...

WILD THINGS: IT’S THE EYE OF THE IBIS

The first thing you notice about a white Ibis is the bill, the long, sloping one that drops away from the face like the...

WILD THINGS: ASK THE BIRD GEEK — THE LONG LEGS AND BIRD POOP EDITION

What’s the difference between a heron and an egret? — KK on BPK The Old High German word for heron was heiger, their name for...

WILD THINGS: VULTURES VS. ACTS OF GOD

I bounced off of Tom McGuane’s novel “Panama” the first couple times I tried to read it. It seemed arrhythmic, and fraught with a...
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