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...
WILD THINGS
We were moments away from several thousand bike-riding zombies rolling past us and swarming across the island when my friend Rob asked, “Hey, is...
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...
