In the 1800’s, Americans would celebrate the Christmas holiday by heading to the fields and woods with their guns, killing as many birds as they possibly could in order to “win” the competition with their friends and neighbors. Read the rest at the Bangor Daily News!
Florida State Parks – O’Leno
The Santa Fe river reflected the blue sky and green canopy above like a mirror, its current only creating the faintest of ripples as water moved leisurely downstream. O’Leno State Park was relatively quiet in the afternoon heat, a faint buzz of insects providing the only background noise under the quiet crunch of my hiking…
10000 Birds – An American Avocet in Rookery Bay
Perhaps it’s not a surprise, but I think birders are delightful people. Who else could be continually thrilled each and every January when they tick of their first Northern Mockingbird of the year, knowing full well they’ll see another 4983457 mockingbirds before the year is through? While on a tour of Rookery Bay near the…
E. Zambello Writing and Art 