Perhaps it’s not a surprise, but I think birders are delightful people. Who else could be continually thrilled each and every January when they tick of their first Northern Mockingbird of the year, knowing full well they’ll see another 4983457 mockingbirds before the year is through? While on a tour of Rookery Bay near the…
Author: Erika Zambello
Erika Zambello is a writer, birder, and photographer living and working along the Emerald Coast of Florida. She has a master’s degree in environmental management, where she specialized in ecosystem science and conservation. Her love of the outdoors was inspired by a childhood in Maine, where she returned for her National Geographic Young Explorer grant. In addition to Maine, she has lived in New York, France, Washington, DC, and North Carolina. Erika believes in the power of communicating conservation and exploration, which was the inspiration for One World, Two Feet.
Florida State Parks – Troy Springs
The focal point of Troy Springs State Park is, of course, the spring, gushing water from the underground aquifer 70 feet beneath the surface. The clear water of the spring – looking cobalt blue from the surrounding shore – has formed a circular pool, eventually flowing into the wide Suwannee River. Cypress trees and their…
Duke Nicholas School – Birding with the Great Florida Birding Trail
It was just past 8:30 a.m. on a Saturday morning, but already a small crowd had gathered at the Blackwater Fisheries Research and Development Center in Okaloosa County, Florida. Based on the proliferation of cameras and binoculars, it was easy to identify the group in question: birders. Read the rest at the Duke Nicholas School!
E. Zambello Writing and Art 