Become a Habitat Restoration Volunteer
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Help us restore Bay Area habitat (and maintain our banding station) to help birds thrive! Please see the descriptions below for information about our current opportunities, and fill out our online form to get started.
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TIDAL MARSH
Help ecologists maintain tidal marsh habitat in Alviso and Redwood Cityand help our Bay become more resilient to the impacts of climate change by tending baby plants in our nursery, planting them along the Bay's edge, and removing invasive species.
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BURROWING OWL
Enhance owl habitat on land land not usually accessible to the public by removing invasive species, constructing and maintaining artificial burrow systems, and enhancing potential foraging areas with native plants and structural features.
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SNOWY PLOVER
Enhance plover habitat to provide camouflage for breeding plovers and remove perches for predators by stomping in mud to create textured ground, spreading oyster shells on the ground and removing posts, fences, and other man made structures.
Volunteers remove structures to protect Snowy Plovers from predators that perch (photo by Karine Tokatlian).
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PASSERINES
Keep our Coyote Creek Field Station (CCFS) landbird banding program in San Jose operating smoothly by clearing and maintaining trails, repairing our mist nets, rebuilding the deck, and other maintenance activities.
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Volunteer Application