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.

BIRD WATCHERS DELIGHT IN RARE FLAMINGO SIGHTING ON GRASSY KEY

Florida has a tetchy relationship with flamingos. A few centuries ago, before the state had been developed, they were common in South Florida and...

WILD THINGS: NOTES FROM A SMALL POND

Were I a better birder, I would have been at the Key West Tropical Forest & Botanical Garden when the gates opened at 10...

WILD THINGS: DRIVEWAY MOMENTS WITH WHITE-CROWNED PIGEONS

The white-crowned pigeon and I had something of a tradition in the summer. He’d be out there feeding in our driveway, and every time...

WILD THINGS: YELLOW BIRDS, YELLOW ROBES

Of the many arguments I’ve gotten into online, one that has stuck with me the longest was about prothonotary warblers and the origin of...

WILD THINGS: THE SUBTLE MOVES OF THE SWALLOW-TAILED KITE

It is tempting to think of swallow-tailed kites as ethereal creatures, winged beasts that dip in and out of our plane of existence at...

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