Kestrel lookout
I saw this Kestrel looking down at me as I biked past his perch the other day, and today I saw him again, perched at the top of another pine, preening his feathers.
Winter colors at Savannah NWR
These wild flowers gave some color to the marsh about halfway along my hike–just south of John Hill Canal at Savannah National Wildlife Refuge. 
Essay on the Everglades Snail Kite
An essay I wrote on the Everglades Snail Kite was published today on Sugar Mule Literary Magazine’s Web site. The essay is about this unusual Everglades hawk, but it is also about what happens when we let a species start to slip away. “In Peril: An Essay on the Everglades Hawk” began as a post on this blog, and morphed into a journalistic endeavor as I became more obsessed. Read more »
In the field
To sit in a field in the cool afternoon with your dog, that is the way to let your To-Do list stay on the desk, for a moment, and to get back as close as you can to being a kid in summer exploring back in that field behind your house. With nowhere else to be. 
