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 Coyote Creek Field Station banding trailer
PHOTO BY MICHAEL KERN
 Volunteer Julie Bryson extracts a bird from a mist-net at CCFS
PHOTO BY MICHAEL KERN
 Red-Breasted Sapsucker
PHOTO BY COYOTE CREEK FIELD STATION
 Yellow-breasted Chat
PHOTO BY TIM WALKER
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Coyote Creek Field Station
In the 1980s, the Santa Clara Valley Water District embarked on an ambitious flood control project that included Coyote Creek. Because the flood control channel construction involved removal of riparian vegetation, the Water District established the Coyote Creek restoration site adjoining a pre-existing patch of riparian forest in what was once a pear orchard. As part of the mitigation process, the Bird Observatory assisted the Water District by monitoring the wildlife annually from 1987 to 1996.
Focusing on avian use of the restoration sites through a bird banding operation, research was initially conducted by the Coyote Creek Riparian Station, a non-profit research oriented organization that joined with the Bird Observatory in 1999. Today, the Bird Observatory continues and expands on the research conducted at the Coyote Creek Field Station, collecting information on the bird community within one of the South Bay's largest remaining riparian habitats.
View a bird banding slide show from our Coyote Creek Field Station.
Monthly Banding Report
In April, we processed 304 birds of 25 species in April; 123 were newly banded, and 181 were recaptures. Read more in our monthly banding report.
Coyote Creek Field Station in the News!
In a ground-breaking study, bird banding data from Coyote Creek Field Station provided evidence that birds on the West coast are getting bigger due to climate change.
Are Birds Getting Bigger Because of Global Climate Change: Los Angeles Times, Nov. 7, 2011
Big Bird: Conservation Magazine, Nov. 1, 2011
Bigger Birds in California Courtesy of Climate Change: Science Daily, Oct. 31, 2011
The Milpitas Patch featured an online video highlighting our Coyote Creek Field Station. Watch the video here!
Bird Banding at Coyote Creek:
Milpitas Patch, July 14, 2011
Project Funding:
San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory Membership
PG&E
Santa Clara Valley Water District
Reports:
Coyote Creek Field Station Ten-Year Report (1987-1996, pdf)
Volunteers:
Coyote Creek Field Station Volunteer Opportunities
Resources
Why Band Birds?
A Banding Slide Show
Recaptured Birds
Coyote Creek Bird List (pdf)
Monthly Banding Report
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