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 – What Lucas St. Clair has to Say on the National Monument

My memories of the Maine North Woods come in unique, distinct moments. Watching a pair of loons nurture a fuzzy chick; the sun setting in brilliant colors over a freshwater lake, the slippery silhouette of a fish as it leaps out of the water after a fly. As part of a National Geographic Young Explorer…

Birding Maine – Unexpected Wildlife at Wolfe’s Neck

Of all the local parks around my hometown, Wolfe’s Neck will always remain one of my favorites. Not only does it offer a gorgeous view of the coastline, but birds abound both in the forest and along the water. My husband, mother, and I descended down the path from the parking area, making a bee-line…

Florida State Parks – Florida Folk Festival

My memories of the 2016 Florida Folk Festival come in moments. Like standing beneath the shade of one the Seminole Family Camp structures, listening to the Tallahassee Youth Orchestra as they began a rendition of “Hallelujah.” One student sang, and as the set was acoustic, we all held our breaths and leaned forward to catch…