I am a recently-hatched birder. I started taking pictures of birds and nature around 2006 and have become more deeply involved in learning about birds and improving my photography over the intervening years. I try to get out to observe birds every time I can, often 5-6 days a week, usually in the Santa Cruz area. I participated in the Santa Cruz County annual bird count and the Monterey Bay Birding Festival the last two years. A wider selection of my photos are available at https://flickr.com/photos/ldjaffe.