It was odd to realize that with a temperature of 85 degrees F and a breeze, I felt like “fall” had begun in Northwest Florida. My husband and I decided to take advantage of the “cooler”weather and embark on an afternoon boat ride from East Bay up the Yellow River. The marsh grasses had already…
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.
Duke Nicholas School – Three Species of Rescued Sea Turtles
While at the local Gulfarium to film educational interviews about sea turtle monitoring, I had the opportunity to go “behind the scenes” to meet the rescued turtles currently recuperating in their C.A.R.E. center. As I mentioned in a previous blog, the mission of the C.A.R.E. center is to conserve marine species, rehabilitate sea turtles, and…
Birding Maine – Shorebirds Mark the Autumn in Maine
Maine is gorgeous in autumn. The crisp fall air, the apple-picking, the fiery colors of changing leaves: all make it my favorite time of year. However, we birders have another autumn event to look forward to: migration. On an early morning in September, I met Linda of the Wells Reserve for an estuary paddle. The…
E. Zambello Writing and Art 