Eden Landing Ecological Reserve

Plover and Tern Mud Stomp 2024

ariela — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 18:35:21 +0000

Plover and Tern Mud Stomp 2024

Two young 2022 volunteers on an oyster shell pile. Credit: Laura Cholodenko

ariela Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:35

Meeting Type

Event

Date(s)

Sat, 03/09/2024, 8:30am – 11:30am

Description

You can join the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory (SFBBO) and the Restoration Project to help improve nesting habitat for threatened western snowy plovers and endangered California least terns! Staff and volunteers will spread oyster shells donated from area restaurants on a dry pond bottom.

This event is open to all ages, but please note that there are no restroom facilities at the site. Volunteers will have to drive on a graded dirt road for a short distance. Due to access restrictions, all volunteers will need to stay for the duration of the event.

Snowy plovers, small shorebirds, build their nests on open ground such as beaches and pond bottoms. The shells create camouflage that helps protect eggs and chicks from gulls and other predators. Both plovers and least terns are attracted to nest in areas scattered with shells.

To register (and please do, to get full info) see here.

Questions? Contact Maddy Schwarz at [email protected]">[email protected].

Location

Eden Landing Ecological Reserve

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Habitat Restoration at Eden Landing (Hayward)

ariela — Wed, 31 May 2023 23:58:52 +0000

Habitat Restoration at Eden Landing (Hayward)

Save The Bay volunteers at Eden Landing. Credit: Judy Irving, Pelican Media

ariela Wed, 05/31/2023 - 16:58

Meeting Type

Event

Date(s)

Sat, 07/22/2023, 9:00am – 12:00pm

Description

Join Save The Bay at Eden Landing Ecological Reserve to help restore former industrial salt ponds into healthy salt marsh habitat!

Save The Bay staff and volunteers will pull invasive plants using hand picks and gloves to give the native marsh plants put in over the winter a chance to establish themselves.

Please dress according to weather and bring water. Save The Bay strives to include volunteers of all abilities in our programs. If you have specific access needs please reach out to [email protected]">[email protected] to coordinate.

Location

Eden Landing Ecological Reserve

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Volunteer Habitat Clean Up Day at Eden Landing Ecological Reserve

Mon, 13 Mar 2023 22:20:02 +0000

Volunteer Habitat Clean Up Day at Eden Landing Ecological Reserve

[email protected]… Mon, 03/13/2023 - 15:20

Meeting Type

Event

Date(s)

Sat, 03/25/2023, 9:00am – 12:00pm

Description

On Saturday, March 25th, join ecologists from the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory for Volunteer Habitat Clean Up Day at Eden Landing Ecological Reserve!

This winter brought some much needed rain, but lots of trash from our streets made its way down storm drains into our bay.
Help the SFBBO remove this garbage from our restoration project at Eden Landing by registering for Habitat Clean Up today: https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/MTc3ODY5
 

Location

Eden Landing Ecological Reserve

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Restore the Shore at Eden Landing

Mon, 13 Mar 2023 19:02:48 +0000

Restore the Shore at Eden Landing

Volunteer. Credit: Save The Bay

[email protected]… Mon, 03/13/2023 - 12:02

Meeting Type

Event

Date(s)

Sat, 03/18/2023, 9:00am – 12:00pm

Description

Join Save the Bay March 18th at Eden Landing to help weed, mulch, and maintain our beautiful new native plants, just planted in January! Please dress for any weather (we will run programs in light rain), wear closed toed shoes, and bring water.

Save The Bay strives to include volunteers of all abilities in our programs. If you have specific access needs please reach out to [email protected]">[email protected] to coordinate.

Location

Eden Landing Ecological Reserve

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Restore the Shore at Eden Landing

admin — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 17:13:30 +0000

Restore the Shore at Eden Landing

A volunteer at work. Credit: Save The Bay

admin Fri, 03/03/2023 - 09:13

Meeting Type

Event

Date(s)

Sat, 05/20/2023, 9:00am – 12:00pm

Description

Come join Save The Bay at Eden Landing to help with maintenance of one of their newest restoration sites by weeding and mulching. Please dress according to weather and bring water. Save The Bay strives to include volunteers of all abilities in its programs. If you have specific access needs please reach out to [email protected]">[email protected] to coordinate.

Location

Eden Landing Ecological Reserve

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Volunteer Habitat Restoration Day at Eden Landing

ariela — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 20:53:47 +0000

Volunteer Habitat Restoration Day at Eden Landing

Event flyer

ariela Mon, 01/30/2023 - 12:53

Meeting Type

Event

Date(s)

Sat, 02/25/2023, 9:00am – 12:00pm

Description

Join ecologists with the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory (SFBBO) to help restore habitat for birds and other wildlife at Eden Landing Ecological Reserve in Union City! Volunteers will get to tour a brand new South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project restoration site that was just seeded and planted by SFBBO in fall-winter 2022-2023. The restoration site is not normally accessible to the public, so volunteers will get special access to a restricted area while helping us remove invasive weeds like wild radish, mustard, and poison hemlock.

Bring sun protection and layers for warm and cold weather, sturdy shoes, clothes that can get a little dirty, and water. Please note that volunteers may not have access to restroom facilities during the event and will have to drive on a graded dirt road for a short distance. Due to access restrictions, all volunteers will need to stay for the duration of the event.

Please register; additional details about where to meet will be sent in the confirmation email. We will also ask all participants to fill out a short health self-assessment form 24 hours before the event as part of our COVID-19 safety protocols.

Location

Eden Landing Ecological Reserve

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Save The Bay Habitat Day at Eden Landing

ariela — Tue, 10 Jan 2023 19:45:20 +0000

Save The Bay Habitat Day at Eden Landing

Save The Bay volunteers at Eden Landing. Credit: Judy Irving, Pelican Media

ariela Tue, 01/10/2023 - 11:45

Meeting Type

Event

Date(s)

Sat, 02/04/2023, 9:00am – 12:00pm

Description

Join Save The Bay on the shoreline at Eden Landing Ecological Reserve to help take care of their brand new site along the road to the kayak launch. They’ll be weeding, mulching, and watering the native plants that are going out this winter. Save The Bay strives to include volunteers of all abilities in their programs.

If you have specific access needs, please reach out to [email protected]">[email protected] to coordinate.

Location

Eden Landing Ecological Reserve

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Fall Least Tern & Snowy Plover Habitat Event

ariela — Sat, 10 Sep 2022 16:43:14 +0000

Fall Least Tern & Snowy Plover Habitat Event

Volunteers hard at work on plover and tern habitat. Credit: SFBBO

ariela Sat, 09/10/2022 - 09:43

Meeting Type

Event

Date(s)

Sat, 10/08/2022, 8:30am – 1:00pm

Description

Join the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory to help enhance habitat for snowy plovers and least terns!

Volunteers will gather at the California Department of Fish and Wildlife's Eden Landing Ecological Reserve in Hayward to remove predator perches, trim overgrown vegetation, and spread oyster shells to help camouflage the protected birds from predators. These activities will help improve the breeding success of these protected species.

Eden Landing supports a large proportion of the Bay's plover and least tern breeding each year.

Please register here – additional information will be provided in the confirmation email.

Please bring a face covering, water, snacks, appropriate clothing (work gloves, mud boots, layers, sun protection), and tools you may have such as shovels or saws.

In accordance with SFBBO's COVID-19 health protocols, all participants will also be required to fill out a health self-assessment form within 24 hours before the event.

Questions? Contact Sirena Lao at [email protected]">[email protected].

Location

Eden Landing Ecological Reserve

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Tern up for California Least Tern Conservation! Least Tern Colony Viewing

ariela — Mon, 20 Jun 2022 17:12:18 +0000

Tern up for California Least Tern Conservation! Least Tern Colony Viewing

Event flyer

ariela Mon, 06/20/2022 - 10:12

Meeting Type

Event

Date(s)

Sat, 07/09/2022, 8:00am – 11:00am

Description

Join San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory biologists at Eden Landing Ecological Reserve to view one of only six San Francisco Bay breeding colonies of endangered California least terns.

The group at the free event will look for adults incubating nests, young downy chicks being fed by their parents, older feathered chicks running around the colony, and fledglings learning to fly.

California least terns (Sternula antillarum browni) are endangered ground-nesting seabirds, and SFBBO biologists and volunteers actively monitor the colony, which is breeding on enhanced former salt production ponds at the California Department of Fish and Wildlife reserve in Hayward.

SFBBO will provide some spotting scopes for attendees to use, but urges participants to please bring spotting scopes if they have their own.

In accordance with SFBBO's COVID-19 safety protocols, the organization is asking that participants wear a well-fitting mask at the event and fill out an online health self-assessment form the day before the event.

To learn more about SFBBO's plover and tern work, check out its website. Questions? Contact Sirena Lao at [email protected]">[email protected].

Location

Eden Landing Ecological Reserve

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Least Tern Spring Habitat Enhancement Event

ariela — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 20:37:26 +0000

Least Tern Spring Habitat Enhancement Event

Least tern at Eden Landing. Credit: SFBBO webcam

ariela Fri, 02/11/2022 - 12:37

Meeting Type

Event

Date(s)

Sat, 03/26/2022, 8:45am – 1:00pm

Sat, 03/04/2023, 8:45am – 1:00pm

Description

Join San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory at Eden Landing to help enhance habitat for endangered California least terns!

Volunteers will join SFBBO staff at Pond E14 in Eden Landing Ecological Reserve, which supports one of only six Least Tern breeding colonies in the San Francisco Bay estuary!

To help improve the breeding success of this endangered species, we will remove predator perches and thin overgrown vegetation at the colony site that reduce the quality of Least Tern breeding habitat. We will also enhance the habitat by installing chick shelters, which provide cover for vulnerable chicks from avian predators, stomp on the pond to increase pond texture to help Least Terns blend into the pond, and install Least Tern decoys to attract them to the enhanced areas. The depressions left by footprints have the added bonus of providing a nest “scrape” for Least Terns to lay their eggs in!

Please register - additional information will be included in the confirmation email. This event is recommended for ages 10+. Additional information will be provided in the confirmation email.

Registration link coming soon!

Please bring:

A face covering
Water
Snacks
Appropriate clothing (work gloves, mud boots, layers, sun protection), and
Tools you may have such as shovels or saws.

In accordance with our Covid-19 health protocols, all participants will also be required to fill out a health self-assessment form within 24 hours before the event.

Location

Eden Landing Ecological Reserve

See this precise location for the parking lot: https://maps.app.goo.gl/i3t2BL93uRo2BtRK8