Tag Archives: birds

Eden Landing – it’s for the birds

As part of the South Bay Salt Ponds Restoration Project, Save The Bay is working to restore more than 600 acres of tidal wetlands at Eden Landing Ecological Reserve on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay in Hayward. This effort, part of Save The Bay’s partnership with the California Department of Fish and Game [...]

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Fish out of water

By Chiara Swartout, Canoes In Sloughs Field Educator It’s mid-afternoon at Bothin Marsh and we are approaching the turnaround point of our canoe adventure. It is at this moment that I realize I should have checked the tides more carefully, because I have no memory of this marsh ever coming even close to draining as [...]

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Delta deals dozens of bird species

by Dave Seel, Education Specialist Originally posted on November 18, 2008 As we stepped on to the Delphinius, the tule fog was thick over the still delta water. Pushing away from the dock, Ron Patterson of Dolphin Charters welcomed our group of birders, who had come to see the wonders of the Sacramento / San [...]

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Why I love the Palo Alto Baylands: It’s a Feeding Frenzy!

by Alicia Moore, School Programs Manager Originally posted on November 11, 2008 Save The Bay works with site partners at roughly 11 sites around the Bay to offer Canoes In Sloughs and Community-based Restoration outings to school groups, community and corporate groups, and members of the public. Each site is special, and offers endless gems, but one of [...]

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