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: TRYING TO LAND A HAIL MARY AT AVE MARIA

We had to be in Miami for a thing, and then we noticed that The Beths, the kickass quartet from Auckland, New Zealand, were...

WILD THINGS: FISH CROWS, ON A LARK

We were out on the boat for sunset, because every once in a while it’s a good idea to remind yourself that you live...

WILD THINGS: A NON-RECENT FLAMINGO SIGHTING

At the party, according to Henry A. Patterson, there had been lots of “dancing, eating, drinking, conversing.” There were just enough women there, he...

WILD THINGS: HERONS & EGRETS IN THE KEYS — A GOOD PLACE TO START

There are two ways to look at summertime birdwatching in the Florida Keys. First, there aren’t many birds around, so it’s kind of boring....

WILD THINGS: AN EXTRAORDINARY BIRDER

Christian Cooper was known in the birder world before he got famous in the rest of the world.  The 2012 documentary “Birders: The Central Park...

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