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Experience the wild beauty of birds around the Bay.
Having explored San Francisco neighborhoods in three celebrated books, Dick Evans turns here to the avian species that call the Bay Area home. With his photographer's eye, he finds art and drama in the lives of birds, from the smallest sparrows to long-legged Great Blue Herons. He captures the pockets of wilderness in our cities that make the area a birder's paradise: from a marsh full of endangered birds wading in the reeds near the Oakland Airport to the isolated refuge of the Farallon Islands, home to a quarter-million seabirds and a handful of visiting scientists; from Crissy Field, flocked with egrets, to the pasturelands birds share with cattle. His vibrant images are interspersed with text by Hannah Hindley that weaves us more deeply into relationship with our avian neighbors, introducing readers to the natural history of the region, to themes of interdependence and ecology, and to the evolving challenges for birds in a densely settled urban environment. At the heart of these images and stories is love for the living descendants of dinosaurs as they soar and parade, and awe at their ephemerality and endurance. Evans's photos highlight the wonder of a world on the wing and the rich biodiversity of Bay Area birds.
Contents
Foreword: Looking at You
Introduction: A Walk Among Birds
Photographer's Statement
Writer's Statement: Homecoming
Natural Forces
Moving Mountains
Cool Fog; Golden Summers
The Far Reach of the Bay
Flight Paths in the Night
Human Influences
The Devil's Teeth
Catch, Release, Record
A Library of Birds
The Art of Attention
Evolving Challenges
Rewilding Ranchlands
To Sacrifice and to Save
Canons and Cormorants
The Way In
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
About Point Blue Conservation Science
