On Thursday, April 9, Aaron Haiman will present Birds of the California Delta as part of the Napa Solano Audubon speaker series.  This will be the last Benicia-based speaker event until the fall. The program begins at 7PM, is free, and open to the public. Come and learn more about the natural environment around Benicia.

Description: Based on the new book, Birds of the California Delta, this talk will focus on the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta as a place of connections and complexities. This is a place where rivers meet one another, where freshwater meets salt water, where fish link inland forests with the open ocean, 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 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.

Bio: Aaron N.K. Haiman, a life-long birder, began volunteering at a young age with bird research organizations before receiving a BS in Environmental Science from UC Berkeley as well as MS degrees in Avian Science and Animal Behavior from UC Davis. Aaron guides bird walks, mentors high school students in ecology and sustainability, leads a youth bird-a-thon team, gives presentations on birds and habitat restoration, and is active on YouTube and social media under the handle "A Birding Naturalist" sharing knowledge of birds, nature. and science. He works for the State of California and lives in West Sacramento.

In the Doña Benicia Room.