Revealing Folsom: Birds of the California Delta

The Delta is a place of connections where rivers flow together, where freshwater meets salt water, where ocean fish come inland, where birds from the north come for the winter, and where birds from the south come to breed. The Delta is also a place of complexity. How water interacts with land and forms soil is a complex process. How birds and fish find habitats are complex sets of instincts and signals. How humans use water and land contains a nest of complex pressures. All these connections and complexities play out on a daily basis throughout the Delta.

With this setting, Aaron’s book, Birds of the California Delta, introduces the reader to the Delta and to a scattering of the special and characteristic birds that live in and visit it. Aaron will be sharing this book, and his own experiences and knowledge birding and working in the Delta. All are…