Press: Buteo Books in the Marin IJ

So thrilled to see Buteo Books in our local newspaper! Thank you to Daniel Bromfield at the Marin Independent Journal for the interview and lovely write up. Read it in full here.

"If you’re a birder, there are a lot worse places to live than Marin County. Hawk Hill in the Marin Headlands is a famed viewing site for raptors during their seasonal migrations, while the shores of Richardson Bay are home to all manner of waterfowl and long-billed shorebirds. Take a hike out to West Marin and you’re practically guaranteed to see turkey vultures soaring overhead and diminutive California quail scurrying in the underbrush. And with the opening of Buteo Books in San Rafael this summer, birders have a new North Bay destination.

Named for a genus of raptors that includes common Bay Area birds like the red-shouldered hawk and red-tailed hawk, Buteo Books has been active since 1971 as a specialty mail-order service for birders and ornithologists. When San Anselmo native and veteran publisher Lyzy Lusterman acquired it this year, it became a brick-and-mortar store for the first time in its 53-year-old history. (Buteo Books’ catalog of specialty and antiquarian birding books is still available online.)"