On the way to the Keys in 2014, my friends and I spent a morning on the Anhinga Trail on the Florida Everglades. Though we saw many species of birds – in addition to dozens of alligators – the Anhingas stand out most in my mind. Their ebony forms shimmered in the early light, and…
Month: May 2016
Birding Maine – Northern Parulas End the Morning
Continued from Trying to Spot an Ovenbird. The prime time for birding had passed, but that didn’t mean we were done for the morning. Passing a low tree just beside the office building, we heard a strange buzzing. “Is it a bird call?” I asked, and Mom nodded, approaching the tree with her binoculars. We…
Nat Geo – Winter Expedition Day One
It had been almost exactly a year since I had last seen snow. As we drove to Moosehead Lake in the North Woods of Maine, we definitely didn’t have that problem. Despite an unseasonably warm December in the state, we were driving the day after the winter’s first blizzard, and anywhere between five and eight…
E. Zambello Writing and Art 