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: 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...

WILD THINGS: SPARROWS AND THEIR TYPE

As a rule, it’s not hard to find a house sparrow in the U.S. It seems I’ve seen them on nearly  every block of...

WILD THINGS: BIRD REPORT FROM WEEK 2 OF THE TOUR DE FRANCE

I’ve spent a lot of time watching the Tour de France over the last few weeks, and am sad to report there hasn’t been...

WILD THINGS: SOOTIES, NODDIES & SHEARWATERS, OH MY

We were 20 miles offshore, 70 miles from Havana, in about 900 feet of water, when Kevin Christman described the bird we were all...

WILD THINGS: BIRDS & BIKES ON THE TV

Filming the Tour de France is a complicated thing. It requires an armada of camera people riding on the backs of motorcycles, about 20...

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