Who needs diverse habitats?

 370 SPECIES of BIRDS!!!!!

• Sand Dunes
• Salt marshes
• Mudflats
• Brackish ponds
• Riparian
• Coastal Sage Scrub



The Endangered Least Bell's Vireo

• Vernal pools

Read "Going Birding", page 14 in the
Estuary Explorer Field Guide.

What does a bird watcher look for in birds?

• Shape of feet and beak.
• Colors and patterns.
• Sounds.
• Behavior.

Which one of these birds that migrates at the Estuary do you hope to see on your trip?  Find out more about one of these birds.

• Great Blue Heron 
• Ruddy Duck
• Northern Shoveler
• Osprey
• Willet 
• Marbled Godwit
• American Avocet
• Western Grebe
• Snowy Egret
• California Least Tern