Robert Mesta

Robert Mesta is an ornithologist and a member of the Yaqui Tribe of southern Arizona. Mesta has spent his entire professional career working to protect, conserve, and recover threatened and endangered North American bird populations. Mesta lives in Tucson. Condor: Spirit of the Canyon is his first book. Lawrence Ormsby has spent his life exploring Arizona's natural wonders. From an early age, drawing was important to him, and he later chose to make his career in art and design. Ormsby's studio...See more

Robert Mesta is an ornithologist and a member of the Yaqui Tribe of southern Arizona. Mesta has spent his entire professional career working to protect, conserve, and recover threatened and endangered North American bird populations. Mesta lives in Tucson. Condor: Spirit of the Canyon is his first book. Lawrence Ormsby has spent his life exploring Arizona's natural wonders. From an early age, drawing was important to him, and he later chose to make his career in art and design. Ormsby's studio is located in Ironwood Forest National Monument, northwest of Tucson, where he and his partner Carole Thickstun create award-winning books and educational projects about numerous national parks and forests. See less