Virginia rail peeks through reeds at Lake Merced
December 31, 2012 by Alison Hawkes
A Virginia rail made a surprise year-end appearance at Lake Merced in San Francisco.
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Bothin Marsh
July 08, 2012 by Bay Nature Staff
This marsh on Richardson Bay becomes a birdwatcher’s paradise from October through February as shore birds stop here to winter …
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Keeping Clapper Rails High and Dry
February 16, 2012 by Juliet Grable
New artificial islands at Oakland’s Arrowhead Marsh provide some welcome refuge for endangered clapper rails. But can they be expanded into enough other habitats to keep the birds safe from rising sea levels?
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Habitat and Humanity
July 01, 2010 by Kathleen M. Wong
With millions of people and millions of acres of open space, the Bay Area is a lively, and sometimes uneasy, blend of wild and urban. In the East Bay, dozens of rare species — from birds along the Bay to wildflowers in the hills — survive against the odds thanks in part to the East Bay Regional Park District, whose staff does everything from creating nesting islands to clearing trees for the sake of imperiled plants and animals.
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Marsh Gumplant
July 01, 2007 by John Hart
Defining the edge of a shifting body of water like San Francisco Bay, whose exact extent changes with every tide, …
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Casino Proposal at Arrowhead Marsh
April 01, 2005 by Christine Sculati
The 1,220-acre Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline Park, near the Oakland Airport, includes 72 acres of restored wetlands and …
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The Call of the Rails
October 01, 2002 by Rosemary Lombard
The Bay Trail through the Palo Alto Baylands is among the best places to see the endangered California clapper rail and multitudes of other shorebirds.
