Author Event: Dick Evans & Hannah Hindley
Friday, December 12, 2025 6:00 PM
In the Shadow of the Bridge: Birds of the Bay Area is a sumptuously photographed new art book chronicling the immense bird biodiversity of the region. Author Hannah Hindley and photographer Dick Evans capture the pockets of wilderness that make Bay Area cities and towns a birder's paradise and give voice to the environmental dilemmas that imperil it.
In this author event at Buteo Books, Dick and Hannah will discuss the factors that support such diverse bird life and why the Bay Area is a remarkable place for the study of birds and a potent catalyst for their preservation and protection—accompanied by a slideshow of Dick's gorgeous photography. They will also be joined in conversation with Diana Humple of Point Blue Conservation Science whose work at Palomarin Field Station is featured in the book.
Following the presentation, Dick and Hannah will answer your questions and sign copies. All are welcome and this event is free to attend. We appreciate your RSVP to be sure we set up enough chairs!
You'll be able to purchase the book in-store at the event. Or, order online now and select the "in store pick up" option to secure your copy. If you can't make it in-person, you can still get a signed copy! Place your order online and let us know in the comments section at checkout that you'd like it signed. We'll ship your book on December 13.
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 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.
Diana Humple is Senior Avian Ecologist and Banding Coordinator at Point Blue Conservation Science. With a background in ecology, bird banding, and migratory bird research, Diana leads the Palomarin Field Station, overseeing science, training, and outreach at this long-term research site in the Point Reyes National Seashore. She also manages landbird monitoring projects across the Bay Area and coordinates Point Blue’s oil spill response efforts. She has a B.S. from the University of Virginia and an M.S. from Sonoma State.
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I plan to attend the Dec 12 at 6:00pm on In the Shadow of the Bridge. Thank you.