Originally, I had big plans for the October Big Day. I would wake up in darkness, gather my camera and binoculars and drive to...

Dry Tortugas approximately 100 years ago. Sooties, noddies, and where to find them.   As the Caribbean’s emerald waters fell away below our seaplane,...

Merchandising folly 1 – Conservation 0 The Miami-Dade County Commission approved development of ‘the largest shopping mall in North America’ with a vote of...

If you’re like me, searching for new birding locations is like a drug: exciting, energizing, and addicting. But, as I’ve written before, there are...

When I arrived at the Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance office in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, a high-tempo, tap-tap-tapping immediately arrested my attention. Surrounded by pine forest in...

Most of my blogs for 10000 Birds fall into the”trips” category. I go somewhere new, I’m excited about the experience, I write about it....

At the end of October, my family flew to Florida for a multi-day road trip aimed at the beautiful springs. Bubbling up from underground...

I was lucky. Living so far west in the Panhandle, projections of Hurricane Irma’s path never crossed near Pensacola. Though we could breath a...