Update: Ben Pearl will be the guest for our first Online Speaker Series talk July 1 at 7:30pm. Check the Calendar for more information.

Tickets will become available as soon as we can confirm the date and have updated shelter-in-place orders.

The Western Snowy Plover is a federally threatened species, while the California Least Tern is a federally endangered species.  Join us on this unique outing to learn more about both species and the efforts to protect them here in the Bay Area.  Ben Pearl, Plover and Tern Program Director at the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory, will give us a behind-the-scenes tour of Snowy Plover and Least Tern breeding sites at Eden Landing Ecological Reserve.  We’ll observe parents and their chicks, learn about the birds’ life history, and hear about the successes and challenges of SFBBO’s Snowy Plover banding project and Least Tern social attraction project.  Along our walk, we’ll stop to view other waterbirds and shorebirds. 

Trip Difficulty: 4-5 miles walking, levy trails

Trip Notes: be prepared for either bright sun or bay breezes

Ben Pearl: (805) 550-0881 and Matthew Dodder

Beginner Friendly, Family Friendly Ages 10 and up

Meet:  Eden Landing Ecological Reserve parking lot at 26348 Eden Landing Rd, Hayward (south end of Eden Landing Rd)

Directions: From I-880 N take exit 27 to CA-92 W.  In about 2 miles, exit at Clawiter Rd toward Eden Landing Rd. Continue on Eden Landing Rd for 0.5 miles and park in the lot at the end of the road. Google Plus Code: “JVCH+V2 Hayward, California”  (paste code, city, and state into Google maps). Latitude/Longitude: 37.622173, -122.122530

Facilities: porta potty, no water

This trip is organized by the Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society (https://scvas.org/).  Please read our trip policies.  Questions? Contact the trip leader or email scvasfieldtrips@gmail.com.