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
Black-necked stilts
Habitat Use by Breeding Waterbirds in Relation to Tidal Marsh Restoration in the San Francisco Bay Estuary
Abstract
The South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project aims to restore many former salt production ponds, now managed for wildlife and water quality, to tidal marsh.
Monitoring Nesting Waterbirds for the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project: 2022 Breeding Season
San Francisco Bay supports thousands of breeding waterbirds annually and historically has hosted large populations of American avocets (Recurvirostra americana), black-necked stilts (Himantopus mexicanus), and Forster’s terns (Sterna forsteri).