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Join Kirsten at the Woman's Club of Coconut Grove on December 5 for a photographic journey through Florida's wilds based on her latest books - Wild Florida: An Animal Odyssey and Birds of Florida. Meetings are open to members and their guests....

Join Kirsten at the Miami Guild of the Professional Photographers Guild of Florida on November 20 for a photographic journey through Florida's wilds based on her latest books - Wild Florida: An Animal Odyssey and Birds of Florida. Meetings are open to prospective new members....

Join Kirsten at Sarasota's Off the Page Literary Celebration for a photographic journey through Florida's wilds based on her latest books - Wild Florida: An Animal Odyssey and Birds of Florida....

Join Kirsten at the Merritt Island Wildlife Association's Annual Meeting and Dinner for a photographic journey through Florida's wilds based on her latest books - Wild Florida: An Animal Odyssey and Birds of Florida....

Blue water lapped across my feet, squishing white sand between my toes as I strolled down Playa Dorada beach on my first evening in the Dominican Republic. Golden rays highlighted lush forest on the shore across the cove. A cool breeze tempered the heat of...

Liguus Snail (Liguus Fasciatus) Darkness envelops me as I step from the brightly lit marsh into a tree island, a pocket of hardwood hammock within the Everglades. I wait for my eyes to adjust, then begin scanning trees for arboreal snails. These terrestrial mollusks once glistened...

Had I somehow gained some new bird-attracting ability? Two bird hitchhikers in two weeks felt like a sign. ...

Spotting scopes, binoculars, telephoto lenses and cell phones were all trained up into the pines. I traced their gazes into the trees. A cloud of orange quivered in the wind, hundreds if not thousands of delicate wings folded within protective pine needles....

I sat there a moment, weighing the possibilities that this bird intentionally sought my attention. Could it be that this cardinal had noticed the glow from my laptop and understood it meant a person, a potential source of food, was there? Was it truly tapping...