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: NORTHERN GANNETS ARE THE POINTY-HEADED MOUTH-BREATHERS OF THE SEA
The wind was up, so it was likely to be “sporty” crossing the Northwest Channel, but as I cleared the anchorage behind Wisteria Island...
WILD THINGS: Drama in the distant treetops
Certain aspects of your life are hard to explain. For instance, I would not want to answer to a jury of my peers why...
WILD THINGS: SINGING WITHOUT KNOWING THE WORDS
There’s an oft-quoted line from “To Kill A Mockingbird”: “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy … but sing...
WILD THINGS: SOUTHERN SEADUCK REDUX
When I got there, Ellen Westbrook was standing on the South Roosevelt seawall with her binoculars up, staring out at the horizon, which was...
ARTIST JOHN MARTINI’S ‘PROCESS OF ACCUMULATION’
The sculptor John Martini works out of a large blue building on Emma Street. You’ve seen it — if not in real life, then as...
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