James RoetheFor the last half century, Jim Roethe has lived in Orinda, California, an East Bay suburb of San Francisco, where he has hiked and birded in the hundreds of miles of trails that are part of the East Bay Regional Park system and the local water utilit. Jim is a member of the Golden Gate Audubon Society and has participated in a number of bird counts as part of Golden Gate Audubon's citizen science efforts. For the last several years, Jim has led the North Orinda Christmas Bird Count for Golden Gate Audubon and has participated in Christmas counts in other areas of both the East Bay and the Monterey area where he maintains a second home. Jim is a semi-retired attorney who still serves as an arbitrator from time to time. In addition to his interest in birding and writing, Jim loves traveling (he has traveled in every continent except Antarctica) and has sung in a number of choirs in the East Bay. Read More Read Less