The Birds of California Series Bundle

The Birds of California Series Bundle: Bid on this bundle of FOUR incredible regional bird books for bird lovers and journlaers! This bundle includes: "Birds of Berkeley" by Oliver James, "Birds of Lake Merritt" by Alex Harris, "Birds of Point Reyes" by Keith Hansen, and "Birds of the California Delta" By Aaron N.K. Haiman and Martha Espinoza. ABOUT THE AUTHORS: Oliver James was born in Berkeley in 1991. He started watching birds in his backyard on Colusa Avenue at age five and never turned back. Since then, he has competed in national birding tournaments, worked as a birding tour guide, and joined ornithological research teams from Peru to Alaska. He graduated from Berkeley High School in 2009 and Wesleyan University in 2014, and in 2021 he received master’s degrees from the Energy and Resources Group and the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley. James is also the author of "A Field Guide to the Birds of Wesleyan" (Wesleyan University Press, 2014). Alex Harris, born and raised in Berkeley, California, is an artist interested in using art and technology to look at how humans interface with the natural world. He has a BA in environmental studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and previously worked as the web editor and electronic communications manager at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. He lives and works in Oakland, California. Keith Hansen illustrated and coauthored "Hansen’s Field Guide to the Birds of the Sierra Nevada" (Heyday, 2021), a field guide companion to "Birds of the Sierra Nevada: Their Natural History, Status, and Distribution". He is a professional bird illustrator whose images have been featured in "Discovering Sierra Birds", "Birds of Yosemite and the East Slope", and "Natural History of the Point Reyes Peninsula", among other books. Aaron N.K. Haiman volunteered from a young age with bird research organizations before receiving a BS in Environmental Science from UC Berkeley as well as MS degrees in Avian Science and Animal Behavior from UC Davis. Aaron guides bird walks, mentors high school students in ecology and sustainability, leads a youth bird-a-thon team, and gives presentations on birds and habitat restoration. He works for the State of California and lives in West Sacramento. Martha Espinoza is a naturalist and scientific illustrator from Costa Rica. Recognized for her meticulous attention to detail, Martha collaborates with publishers internationally, providing illustrations of mammals and birds that capture the essence and behavior of these creatures in their natural environment.