Big Lagoon State Park has it all. It’s uncommon for so many different ecosystems to exist within one 955-acre park, but as I looked at the map upon arrival, my fingertip traced the Intracoastal Waterway, Grand Lagoon, multiple ponds, salt marshes and upland pine flatwoods. With five miles of trails, there is a lot to…
Month: May 2016
Florida State Parks – Big Talbot Island
The scene was dramatic. My friends and I had descended down a steep bluff to a narrow beach facing Nassau Sound. Across the water was Amelia Island State Park; behind us tall live oak and cedar trees towered over both saw palmettos and, farther below, sand. On the beach lay the bleached trunks and branches…
Birding Maine – Birding My Neighborhood
Though I have birded across Maine and across the United States, there’s something special about birding in my very own neighborhood. I grew up in the town of Cumberland, and am lucky that my parents still live there. Behind our house is a large tract of unbroken forest, dominated by the deep green of hemlock…
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