In terms of early morning birding, I’m the worst. I have the best of intentions: planning my trip, getting my gear ready, setting my alarm. But when the time comes, the snooze button is ever ready and I immediately fall back asleep. As a result, I more often bird in the afternoon or evening, despite…
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 – Lafayette Blue Springs
Florida is known for its famous springs, gushing up through holes in the limestone shelf, fresh and cool from the underground aquifer. Many are located in north-central Florida, and Lafayette Blue Springs State Park is the perfect home-base so see many of them. Read the rest on Firsthand Florida Fun.
Florida State Parks – Ravine Gardens
Florida is flat, there is no way to deny it. Whereas other regions of the United States sport mountains reaching over a mile into the sky, I’m thrilled to find even low-lying hills in our state. That’s one of the many reasons Ravine Gardens State Park strikes a chord in its visitors: two ravines up…
E. Zambello Writing and Art 