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Jail Birds
Birds Make a Living on “The Rock”
by John Muir Laws — published July 01, 2011
Alcatraz ranks right up there with riding the cable cars for most locals, but it turns out the island is a great place for watching birds! Jack hops on the ferry and chronicles the nesting behavior of snowy egrets, pigeon guillemots, Brandt’s cormorants, and western gulls.
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Naturalist and illustrator John Muir Laws is the author of The Laws Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada and Sierra Birds: A Hiker's Guide. Learn more at johnmuirlaws.com.
The Naturalist Notebook, by Jack Laws, appears in every print issue of Bay Nature magazine.
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