10000 Birds – White-eyed Vireos

It was a hot and sunny Labor Day along Florida’s Gulf Coast, and my husband Brian and I were heading home from a friends and family weekend on the Suwannee River, stopping at state parks along the road-trip home. My camera bag, stuffed with extra lenses and binoculars, is practically a third appendage at this…

10000 Birds – Watching the Sky at Cedar Key

The setting sun had cast a pinkish glow on the storm clouds brewing along the horizon near Cedar Key, Florida. My friends and I bobbed in the shallow water of a low tide, relaxing on the boat in the warm summer air. My friends Savanna and Travis have lived in Cedar Key for over a…

10000 Birds – Returning to Old Haunts

For three weeks in June, I traveled up and then down the eastern seaboard visiting ecological research sites.  From Florida to Maine and back again I toured urban forests, marshes, estuaries, and more, stopping along the way to visit family and friends. One particular resting place brought me to familiar birding territory: Pleasure House Point,…