For more than 35 years, SFBBO scientists and citizen scientists have conducted research on Bay Area waterbirds. We search South Bay sloughs to prevent the spread of avian diseases; conduct surveys to understand how waterbird use the former and current salt ponds that ring the Bay; monitor more than 70 colonial waterbird colonies that nest throughout the Bay Area; and participate in a region-wide annual shorebird survey. In addition, we study the impact of the exponential growth of nesting California Gull populations on local species and work with resource managers to help curb over population of gulls and corvids in the region; and conduct research and management strategies to help restore Bay Area Western Snowy Plover populations, a species federally listed as threatened and in need of our help.
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- Annual Shorebird Survey
- Avian Disease Prevention Program
- Avian Response to Grassland Fires Study
- Avian Use of Salt Ponds Research
- California Gull Nest Surveys
- Breeding Bird Atlas Project
- Burrowing Owl Surveys
- Colonial Waterbird Monitoring
- Coyote Creek Field Station Landbird Banding Research
- Phalarope Surveys
- Snowy Plover and Tern Research
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San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory - 524 Valley Way, Milpitas, CA 95035 - 408-946-6548 - outreach@sfbbo.org