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: THESE BIRDS ARE MESSING WITH ME
It’s not often that an animal messes with you just for the fun of it.
Stuart, my half pit bull, used to do it. If...
DEBORAH MITCHELL’S SHOW AT THE STUDIOS BLENDS ART, SCIENCE & ACTIVISM
Florida is one long, downhill slide, at least in an environmental sense. What happens in the Central Florida ranch lands affects Lake Okeechobee, which...
BLACKPOLL CONUNDRUM WARBLER SPOTTED KEY WEST
A male blackpoll warbler is easily identified by the black cap that makes it resemble Moe from the Three Stooges or, arguably, me, intermittently,...
History Unchanged – The Elizabeth Bishop House on White Street
When the poet Elizabeth Bishop first visited Key West in 1937 she sent letters to faraway friends describing the island.
"The houses here, with all...
WILD THINGS: BIRD MIGRATION IN THE KEYS
You want to see signs of rain when you wake — puddles that weren’t there the night before, maybe wet streets. You don’t want...
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I can’t believe I missed it.
Now in its fifth...
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WORDS OF A ROCK STAR: FOREIGNER’S LOU GRAMM
Some bands and musical artists have been part of...
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DOWN THE ‘GOLDEN ROAD’: NEW BOUTIQUE OPENS IN MARATHON
Stanley Switlik’s former music teacher is trading tunes for...
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ISLAMORADA’S TOP SALON IS A LEGACY OF LOVE
“Love yourself.”
This simple suggestion is scribbled on a modest...
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TAX SEASON IS A GOOD TIME TO GIVE; ONE DONOR TURNS STOCK OPTIONS INTO SCHOLARSHIPS
We almost didn’t write this column.
Not because there isn’t...
