Donald Forgione, Director of the Florida Park Service, and I stood on the bank of the Suwannee River at Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park. The water flowed dark and cool at our feet, stretching over 200 miles from Georgia and eventually into the Gulf of Mexico. Read the rest on Firsthand Florida Fun!
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10000 Birds – What is the State Bird of Rhode Island?
When I picture state birds, I picture the gorgeous Scissor-tailed Flycatcher of Oklahoma, the pristine white feathers of Alaska’s Willow Ptarmigan, or the haunting call of Minnesota’s Common Loon. I don’t picture chickens. And yet, that is the very bird Rhode Islanders chose for their state bird: the Rhode Island Red Hen! Read the rest…
Birding Maine – Whale Watching for Birds
The weather didn’t look very promising. My then boyfriend (now husband) and I waited in line for the Odyssey whale watch that was scheduled to depart at 9 a.m. sharp. My father, mother, brother, and grandmother (my unlucky sister had to work in Portsmouth all day) were off searching Portland’s cobbled streets for coffee and…
E. Zambello Writing and Art 