A Birding Walk in Point Reyes Station with Artist and Author Keith Hansen

11315 California 1,Point Reyes Station CA 94956

16 April, 2023

Description

As a part of the Bay Area Book Festival's prologue series, Heyday Books is proud to present a Point Reyes Birding Walk with Keith Hansen, author of Birds of Point Reyes. Meet author Keith Hansen at 8:00 AM at the Bovine Bakery in downtown Point Reyes Station. Here, folks can grab a coffee, pastry, or use nearby restrooms. Once gathered, Keith will lead a caravan a short drive away to Five Brooks Trailhead for a comfortable, easy birding stroll through the beautiful redwood, oak, and alder habitat. Here event-goers will join Keith to encounter some of the forest bird species that call the Point Reyes National Seashore their home. The walk will focus not only on seeing birds but by listening for them as well. Spring is when birds begin to vocalize more frequently, and with Keith as guide, event-goers will attempt to identify them by their vocalizations. Beginner or expert, the beauty of Five Brooks, will please the senses and lift the spirit for all who love nature. *The cost of the ticket includes your very own copy of Birds of Point Reyes* ABOUT THE BOOK A birding paradise, Point Reyes National Seashore boasts a breathtaking coastline that attracts an array of winged beauties and their flightless fanciers year-round. Both a waystation for feathered vagrants and home to a wealth of native species, this coastal sanctuary is teeming with avian life, and in Birds of Point Reyes expert birder and ornithological illustrator Keith Hansen celebrates this airborne abundance. From the sparrows and cormorants to the hawks and ravens to the wild wanderers who sweep through in vast seasonal migrations, Hansen introduces readers to the wildlife that soar and swirl overhead though 25 awe-filled portraits of Point Reyes’s birds. Both experienced birdwatchers and less-than-expert birders will delight in Hansen’s reflections, brought vividly to life by richly realized full-color artworks that reward the reader’s sustained attention and help to identify the many-splendored species of the region. With this guide Hansen invites readers to imagine the world’s fastest hunt through the eyes of a cliff-dwelling peregrine, to appreciate the evolutionary complexity of the shorebird beaks prodding the sands of Drakes Bay, and to attune to the serenade of birdsong. Grab your binoculars and get ready to see these birds like never before