Oregon journalist and author Melissa Hart has written about owls for Orion, thrushes for High Country News, and wild turkeys for The Los Angeles Times. Her work has also appeared in Smithsonian, Nat Geo Kids, CNN, The New York Times, and Slate. When she’s not writing and traveling, she likes to run and hike and bicycle long-distance, and hang out with her flock of backyard chickens and illegal rooster. Find her @WildMelissaHart.
