{"id":97,"date":"2025-09-24T01:01:34","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T01:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/?page_id=97"},"modified":"2025-09-25T03:58:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T03:58:28","slug":"birds-of-california","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/?page_id=97","title":{"rendered":"Birds of California"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"97\" class=\"elementor elementor-97\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5df814f e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5df814f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-146446b2 cover-img elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"146446b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"986\" src=\"https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cover-head-on-web.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-295\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cover-head-on-web.png 800w, https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cover-head-on-web-243x300.png 243w, https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cover-head-on-web-768x947.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3adc8f6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3adc8f6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"birdtitle\" style=\"line-height: 3lh; margin-top: 40.7396px;\">Birds of California<\/h2><p><span class=\"authorline\">by Jacob Rueben<\/span><\/p><p><a style=\"color: #ce805f;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/jacob-rueben\/birds-of-california\/hardcover\/product-45y7kdg.html?q=&amp;page=1&amp;pageSize=4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><button class=\"bookversionbutton\" style=\"transition-property: all;\">Original<br \/>Hardcover<\/button><\/a><a style=\"color: #ce805f;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/jacob-rueben\/birds-of-california\/paperback\/product-dy6v862.html?q=&amp;page=1&amp;pageSize=4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><button class=\"bookversionbutton\" style=\"transition-property: all;\">Original<br \/>Paperback<\/button><\/a><\/p><p><a style=\"color: #ce805f;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/jacob-rueben\/birds-of-california\/hardcover\/product-jeykkn2.html?q=&amp;page=1&amp;pageSize=4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><button class=\"bookversionbutton\" style=\"transition-property: all;\">Bay Area<br \/>Hardcover<\/button><\/a><a style=\"color: #ce805f;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/jacob-rueben\/birds-of-california\/paperback\/product-w4y9pyv.html?q=&amp;page=1&amp;pageSize=4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><button class=\"bookversionbutton\" style=\"transition-property: all;\">Bay Area<br \/>Paperback<\/button><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52ff6aa2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"52ff6aa2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A beautiful birding companion book that helps you catalogue and learn about the birds you see around you. Keep track of your sightings while recording fond memories, and try to see every bird!<\/p><p>This life list contains all 518 non-incidental birds in California, as well as extra spots for any birds we don\u2019t know about. Entries are split taxonomically, with both common and scientific names given for each bird and each taxon. Also included is information about conservation status, and a map that shows where each bird is most likely to be found. Write directly in the book to keep track of which birds you\u2019ve seen on your adventures!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7369a18f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7369a18f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-397843af elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"397843af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"style=&quot;text-align:\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"featuresheader\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Features <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25be0ffb e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"25be0ffb\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77b20350 features-img elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"77b20350\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/notetaking-Copy-1-768x562.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-200\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/notetaking-Copy-1-768x562.png 768w, https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/notetaking-Copy-1-300x220.png 300w, https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/notetaking-Copy-1-1024x749.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6151075d zigzag elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6151075d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"zigzag\">Journaling space\u00a0<\/h2><p>Each species has a designated area for sighting notes, so you can keep track of any interesting observations you see in the field. There are also spaces designated to date and location to document your first sighting of each bird species.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35a4034a e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"35a4034a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b798fd9 zigzag elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6b798fd9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"zigzag\">sighting maps\u00a0<\/h2><p>Get a general idea of where every bird in California is located using the included sighting maps. Maps are made using two years of recent sighting data, and are provided for each species. This will give you an idea of where other birders and researchers are seeing your target bird. For SF Bay residents, we also have a special Bay Area Edition that has an extra map of the Bay Area. Also feel free to mark up this map to document your sightings! Just don&#8217;t forget to also post on eBird so I can include your data in future books \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-298a2e61 features-img elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"298a2e61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"874\" src=\"https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Dryobates-villosus-1-768x874.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-207\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Dryobates-villosus-1-768x874.png 768w, https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Dryobates-villosus-1-264x300.png 264w, https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Dryobates-villosus-1-900x1024.png 900w, https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Dryobates-villosus-1-1349x1536.png 1349w, https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Dryobates-villosus-1.png 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58757128 e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"58757128\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6382c23 features-img elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6382c23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"754\" src=\"https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/taxonomy-1-768x754.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-208\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/taxonomy-1-768x754.png 768w, https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/taxonomy-1-300x295.png 300w, https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/taxonomy-1-1024x1006.png 1024w, https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/taxonomy-1-1536x1509.png 1536w, https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/taxonomy-1-2048x2012.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-630b462a zigzag elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"630b462a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"zigzag\">Taxonomic organization<\/h2><p>Our books are organized taxonomically, meaning birds are grouped together by their shared characteristics and evolutionary relationships. Each chapter represents a bird order, so once you&#8217;ve completed a chapter you&#8217;ve seen all birds of this order in California! We hope that by organizing our books in this manner we will not only make it easier for experienced birders to locate their bird of interest, but also help new birders learn a bit of taxonomy. Knowledge of taxonomy is not at all needed to use this book, though, as there are \u2193<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-255b3fe2 e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"255b3fe2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c5130b0 zigzag elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2c5130b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"zigzag\">Common and scientific name indexes<\/h2><p>Sometimes common bird names change. Sometimes bird species get split or combined. This can make birding difficult, as references can become outdated. We did our best to cover our bases by providing both a common name index <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and<\/span> a scientific name index, the latter being sorted alphabetically by genus. Hopefully this will help you more easily find the bird you&#8217;re looking for!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-636c4f2a features-img elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"636c4f2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"554\" src=\"https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/scientificnames-2-768x554.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-209\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/scientificnames-2-768x554.png 768w, https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/scientificnames-2-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/scientificnames-2.png 808w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ecc5d0b e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5ecc5d0b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3cbcbbea features-img elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3cbcbbea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"606\" src=\"https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/iucn-1-768x606.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-211\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/iucn-1-768x606.png 768w, https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/iucn-1-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/iucn-1-1024x807.png 1024w, https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/iucn-1-1536x1211.png 1536w, https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/iucn-1-2048x1615.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4384564d zigzag elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4384564d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"zigzag\">Conservation status\u00a0<\/h2><p>Birding as a hobby is inextricably tied to conservation. We added the current conservation status of each bird species to educate a bit on this topic. If you see that your favorite bird is threatened, consider looking into how and why, and if you have the means, help out your avian friends! That way, future birders can see them too.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15d702f3 e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"15d702f3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c590ce1 zigzag elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6c590ce1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"zigzag\">extra pages<\/h2>\nBirding is unpredictable, and that&#8217;s part of why it&#8217;s so fun! To account for birds that are migrating, lost, escaped pets &ndash; whatever it may be, we added extra pages to allow for those nonconventional bird sightings. Each entry has all the same spots for notetaking as our normal entries, as well as an empty sighting map that you can mark up all you want. Sometimes the most interesting birds are the ones we don&#8217;t expect and cannot predict!\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cee0648 features-img elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5cee0648\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"669\" src=\"https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/chilean-flamingo-1-768x669.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-202\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/chilean-flamingo-1-768x669.png 768w, https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/chilean-flamingo-1-300x261.png 300w, https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/chilean-flamingo-1-1024x892.png 1024w, https:\/\/jacobruebenbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/chilean-flamingo-1.png 1163w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Birds of California by Jacob Rueben OriginalHardcoverOriginalPaperback Bay AreaHardcoverBay AreaPaperback A beautiful birding companion book that helps you catalogue and learn about the birds you see around you. Keep track of your sightings while recording fond memories, and try to see every bird! 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