WILD THINGS: AN EYE ON THE SPARROW WHEN THE GOING GETS NARROW
It is important, I believe, to allow yourself to be dumb about certain things, to permit yourself to wallow in the hazy comfort of...
WILD THINGS: GOOD LIGHT AND THE RUMP-SHAKING TEETER-BOB
The front came in fast on Sunday, like a bad mood. I was driving home on North Roosevelt and suddenly everything was divided between...
WILD THINGS: OSPREY CAN YOU SEE
o throw the anchor first, and get a good look at whoever was doing the staring afterward.
We were at Destroyer Key, sometimes called Split...
WILD THINGS: WHERE THERE’S A WILLET…
The second bird of the new year was an osprey, a proper bird, singing his piercing ultra-falsetto song of love somewhere over the new...
WILD THINGS: COUNTING EVERYTHING; HOPING FOR ANOMALIES
I don’t usually have anxiety dreams about birding. I usually have them about cameras, social faux pas or software. Actually, it’s software more than...
WILD THINGS: ASK THE BIRD GEEK
Do we have any crows or ravens down here in the Keys? How do I get them to follow me around en masse? —...
WILD THINGS: TURTLES, TURTLES, EVERYWHERE
And some days you find yourself in a room full of endangered sea turtles, most of them flapping their front flippers, trying to find...
WILD THINGS: STARRING ROSEATE J. SPOONBILL AS HIMSELF
I generally don’t get my local birding information from world-famous authors, beloved by millions. But on occasion I do.
For instance, I was at a...
WILD THINGS: ‘DOWN THE SHORE EVERYTHING’S ALL RIGHT’
Some days you find yourself in the land of your youth, arguing with someone you’ve known more than 40 years about the quickest route...
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...
