WILD THINGS: HAVE YOU SEEN THE EAGLE?
The email came while I was out of town, midway through a long road trip. It was sent to the Florida Keys Audubon Society...
WILD THINGS: NORTHERN HARRIERS & NOT PICKING FAVORITES
I stopped for drive-thru coffee on the way to Boca Chica, but it was too hot to drink until I was parked. So I...
WILD THINGS — SHOEGAZE BIRDING
I was never much for shoegaze, the sub-genre of alt rock that is all slow, jangly guitars and echoey acoustics. In real time, the...
WILD THINGS: DOGS PLAYING POSSUM
June Carter Cash, our dog, is generally a good dog. Probably the sweetest, kindest beast we’ve ever had. She was a year-old rescue when...
WILD THINGS: A LOGGERHEAD TURTLE RODEO
Loggerhead turtles are called that because their disproportionately large heads reminded people in the 1700s of a logger, which was a big chunk of...
WILD THINGS: HUMMING AIR CONDITIONERS & PEACEABLE KINGDOMS
For some reason I had Supertramp stuck in my head the other morning, specifically their 1979 hit “The Logical Song”:
I said, now, watch what...
WILD THINGS: NIGHTHAWKS & CONSOLATION
It is a bad thing to want. At least when it comes to birds. At least when it comes to seeing specific birds. At...
WILD THINGS: SHOULD WE TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER
It felt for a while like summer was holding out on us. Sure there was the stultifying humidity and the sense that, any time...
WILD THINGS: SHIFTING SEAS AND ISLANDS
I never really thought about Pelican Shoal until three or so months ago. I’m not sure I’d even heard of it. I’d certainly never...
WILD THINGS: CUBAN FINCH — THE BIG LIE
A while ago I wrote a piece for BWD, a national magazine sometimes known as Bird Watchers Digest. The story, which ran in their...
