I stood on the sidewalk in the busy Coconut Grove neighborhood of Miami, bustling already even in the morning. Surrounding me stood restaurants, shops and beautiful homes, but the Barnacle Historic State park was an oasis of thick green trees. Read the rest on Firsthand Florida Fun!
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.
Birding Maine – Meadow and Marsh at the Wells Reserve
Hundreds of species of birds have been identified at the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve. During my visit in early September, I wondered which ones I could tick off. I had been to the Wells Reserve once before in late May, en route to my sister’s graduation in upstate New York. Though I didn’t have…
Florida State Parks – Rocky Bayou
When I moved to Florida in the summer of 2015, Fred Gannon Rocky Bayou was the very first park I visited. Since then, I have been back numerous times, working my way through their “30 Things to Discover at Rocky Bayou State Park” list. On my most recent visit, I determined to check off a…
E. Zambello Writing and Art 