Jack Gedney

Jack Gedney is the author of The Private Lives of Public Birds: Learning to Listen to the Birds Where We Live, a collection of lyrical essays on the essential neighborhood birds of California and the West. Since completing his studies in literature and natural history at the University of California, Berkeley, Jack has continued to reside in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he has participated in avian research, led bird walks, and presented on birds and nature. He co-owns a wild bird feeding and nature shop in Novato, California.

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His writing has also appeared in the Mercury News.

Education

• Literature and natural history at the University of California, Berkeley