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IN THE SHADOW OF THE BRIDGE
BIRDS OF THE BAY AREA
Hardcover, 11 x 11, 240 pages
Publication Date: November 25, 2025
ISBN: 9781597146913
More than half of all U.S. bird species can be found near the Golden Gate Bridge, where the 4,000-mile Pacific Flyway migratory route converges. The San Francisco Bay Area is a global hotspot for bird biodiversity and a favorite destination for bird watchers. In the Shadow of the Bridge: Birds of the Bay Area features over 200 photographs by Dick Evans and prose by Hannah Hindley, capturing the region’s rich birdlife and the environmental threats it faces. The Bay’s nutrient-rich waters and the California Delta support millions of native and migratory birds, but habitat loss and climate change have caused billions of birds to disappear over recent decades. Guided by Point Blue Conservation Science, the book explores the area’s bird habitats, conservation challenges, and the hope for their protection. *All proceeds go to Point Blue Conservation Science.
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Dick Evans
Dick Evans became interested in photography as a graduate student at Stanford University and continued his practice throughout a fifty-five-year career in the global metals industry that took him all over the world. San Francisco always remained home base, though, and he now lives in the city with his wife, Gretchen. Evans is the author of the photography books San Francisco and the Bay Area: The Haight-Ashbury Edition, The Mission (an Indie Book Award Finalist), and San Francisco’s Chinatown.
Hannah Hindley
Hannah Hindley is a wilderness guide and the recipient of the Thomas Wood Award in Journalism, the Ellen Meloy Desert Writers Award, and the Barry Lopez Prize in Nonfiction. She graduated from Harvard with degrees in English and evolutionary biology; she holds an MFA in creative nonfiction from University of Arizona. Her environmental essays can be found in Bay Nature, The Sun, Hakai, and more. Hannah writes about small creatures, big landscapes, and the scientists who love them.
Point Blue
Point Blue Conservation Science is a nonprofit organization with a team of 160 scientists working to address climate change, habitat loss, and other environmental threats through science-based, nature-driven solutions that support both wildlife and people. The organization partners with farmers, ranchers, fishermen, land and water managers, and local governments to enhance the resilience and health of ecosystems. From California’s Sierra Nevada to the Pacific Ocean, across the Western Hemisphere, and even in Antarctica, Point Blue’s work helps communities and natural systems prepare for and adapt to a changing climate.
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All proceeds from In The Shadow of The Bridge go to supporting to essential work of non-profit Point Blue Conservation Science.