Nature & Travel Blog | Nature Writing & Photography by Kirsten Hines
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My Nature & Travel blog includes reviews, tips, travelogues, and general nature- and travel- related tales, written in a creative non-fiction style. Most entries are illustrated by my photography, and more of my images can be seen in my photo gallery.
Nature & Travel Blog | Nature Writing & Photography by Kirsten Hines
3y ago
In the early days of COVID-19 stay at home orders, I tended my garden with extra care and dipped into my stocks of frozen self-caught fish and seafood but I was far from self-sufficient; I confess that despite my usual ..read more
Nature & Travel Blog | Nature Writing & Photography by Kirsten Hines
3y ago
I recently awoke to the sounds of screaming. Despite my quickened pulse, I suspected an animal. This was, after all, my Maryland hurricane season home, a wooded property left to the wildlife most of the year. The screams were piercing ..read more
Nature & Travel Blog | Nature Writing & Photography by Kirsten Hines
3y ago
Sedges swished as I picked my way along the edge of the marsh, freshwater to my left, the Gulf of Mexico lapping on my right. I stopped to watch a great egret wading in the glassy sea. Despite my pause ..read more
Nature & Travel Blog | Nature Writing & Photography by Kirsten Hines
3y ago
Leatherback sea turtles were on my mind as I pulled into Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge’s beach-side parking lot. My quest for nesting sea turtles to photograph for my Wild Florida book had begun several weeks prior, before summer settled ..read more
Nature & Travel Blog | Nature Writing & Photography by Kirsten Hines
3y ago
It was still dark when we gathered in the small office. Dressed in long-pants and long-sleeves with steaming coffee mugs in hand and headlamps shining from our foreheads, we headed to the boat ramp. In an early morning daze, we ..read more
Nature & Travel Blog | Nature Writing & Photography by Kirsten Hines
3y ago
It was the new moon and it was dark, the type of blackness one never sees in the city. I squinted at the dirt road glowing in my headlights, hoping to spot a snake soaking in the last warmth of ..read more
Nature & Travel Blog | Nature Writing & Photography by Kirsten Hines
3y ago
I arrived at Jonathan Dickinson State Park with no real agenda. It had been the closest camping spot I could find to Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge where I intended to take pictures of sea turtles early the next morning ..read more
Nature & Travel Blog | Nature Writing & Photography by Kirsten Hines
3y ago
For me, 2019 was packed with adventures as I explored Florida beyond my southern base in pursuit of animals to photograph for my new book project with the University Press of Florida, Wild Florida: The Animals of the Sunshine State ..read more
Nature & Travel Blog | Nature Writing & Photography by Kirsten Hines
3y ago
It was the fourth day of my Mt Rainier National Park backpacking trip. As I sipped my coffee at the Yellowstone Cliffs campground, I studied the topo map to reacquaint myself with our hike for the day. We were to ..read more
Nature & Travel Blog | Nature Writing & Photography by Kirsten Hines
3y ago
We’d barely dropped from the ridge into our first flower-studded meadow along Mt. Rainier’s Northern Loop Trail when my hiking buddy popped the question – “What’s the wildlife goal this time?” I had to laugh; this woman knew me well ..read more