Audubon – Nature Journaling Protects Birds and the Places They Need

At the western edge of Florida, just miles from the Alabama border, Shorebird Stewardship Senior Coordinator Brian Cammarano hops out of his National Audubon Society truck with a camera, scope, and tripod. He’s in counting mode, monitoring overwintering sea and shorebird species that need quiet, natural beaches to rest and feed until they migrate away…

Center for Birds of Prey Launches Haiku Contest for In-Person Storywalk

The Center for Birds of Prey is calling all haiku writers and passionate poets to celebrate International Vulture Awareness Day with haikus celebrating the two vulture species found in Florida: Turkey Vultures and Black Vultures. Fifteen winners will be chosen and featured along the Center for Birds of Prey’s storywalk. Submissions available here. One entry per person. Click…

Book Review: When the Forest Dreams by Andrea Ezerins

I love rom coms. Movie rom coms, book rom coms, graphic novel rom coms – I’ll take whatever format I can find. Rom coms, also known as romantic comedies, run the gamut from high school romances to senior living sparks, NFL football players working in cupcake shops to Alaska wilderness guides. And now – birding….