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: NOTES ON A NEAR-HURRICANE
Winslow Homer painted two watercolors on his first trip to Key West in 1895. The first was a relatively demure study of a coconut...
WILD THINGS COLUMN: AN IDEA OF ORDER AT KEY WEST
In the proper scheme of things we, as humans, are not supposed to occupy intimate space with a bird like a Cory’s shearwater. Shearwaters...
A GRAVEL ROOF AND SOME SHADE — THE LEAST WE CAN DO FOR LEAST TERNS
Least terns never seem substantial enough to exist in the real world. The rational part of my brain knows they’re made of flesh and...
WILD THINGS: THE AFTERNOON THAT HASN’T ENDED
It was mid June, hot as Hades and I was on the sidewalk outside of Harpoon Harry’s after lunch.
This was three years ago.
The heat...
WILD THINGS: 2 SCENES FROM A BREEDING SEASON
She flew in and landed atop the fence, although it wasn’t immediately clear that she was a she. Mourning doves are sexually monomorphic, meaning...
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“Parks is a fierce competitor who...
Arts & Entertainment Upper Keys
Spooky events in the Upper Keys bring costume contests, treats and more
A lagoon will again turn haunted, the Florida Bay...
Arts & Entertainment
Lose yourself in Key West’s legendary ‘Locals’ Parade’ during Fantasy Fest
Fantasy Fest’s Masquerade March, affectionately known as the Locals’...
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I was so duped.
Duped because I didn’t even think...
