Jon Doust has lived many lives, but all his journeys led him back to Albany. Camera Icon Jon Doust in the Yakamia Forest. “I live in Spencer Park, on the cusp of Yakamia and all the birds that visit us nest in Yakamia Forest,” he said. Camera Icon Albany author Jon Doust has a long history with the city. Camera Icon Jon Doust and Lester Coyne at the Mokare statue in the Alison Hartman Gardens.