Monitoring Nesting Waterbirds for the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project—2024 Breeding Season
Open-File Report 2026–1064
Ecosystems Mission Area—Land Management Research Program and Species Management Research Program
gull predation
Western Snowy Plover and California Least Tern Monitoring in the San Francisco Bay Annual Report 2023
Excerpts from Executive Summary
During the 2023 breeding season, SFBBO monitored Snowy Plover population size, nesting and fledging success, the use of experimental habitat enhancement sites, and potential predators at eight historical salt production pond complexes in the South San Franc
South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project: Annual Report 2013
A yearly snapshot of Project milestones and assessment of progress toward meeting restoration, public access and flood management goals
South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project: Annual Report 2012
A yearly snapshot of Project milestones and assessment of progress toward meeting restoration, public access and flood management goals
Western Snowy Plover Monitoring in the San Francisco Bay Annual Report 2021
The San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory (SFBBO), USFWS Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Refuge), California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), Hayward Area Recreation and Park District (HARD), East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD), USFWS Bay Delta Fish and Wildlife Of
Forster’s Tern Chick Survival in Response to a Managed Relocation of Predatory California Gulls
Gull populations can severely limit the productivity of waterbirds. Relocating gull colonies may reduce their effects on nearby breeding waterbirds, but there are few examples of this management strategy.