The State of the Birds 2011 San Francisco Bay - Habitats: Managed Ponds - http://data.prbo.org/sfstate...
Jan 4, 2015
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Me,
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Jenny H.,
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"Commercial salt ponds were constructed around the edge of San Francisco Bay beginning in the mid 1800s. Many former salt production ponds in San Francisco Bay have recently transitioned to public ownership and are being restored and managed for wildlife. These shallow ponds now provide habitat for hundreds of nesting terns, gulls, and shorebirds, and roosting and feeding habitat for hundreds of thousands of migrating and wintering shorebirds and ducks."
- Amit Patel
Saw a magnificent Great Egret yesterday out our kitchen window and thought of you, Amit! My husband said later that day he saw a big hawk sitting on the power line out back. The back of our house is next to a marshy green belt.
- Laura Norvig
Laura: awesome! We get some hawks and egrets, but lately it's been Band-Tailed Pigeons.
- Amit Patel