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January 01, 2010 by Joe Eaton
The great rafts of ducks on San Francisco and Tomales bays, mostly surf scoter, greater and lesser scaup, and canvasback, are a wintertime spectacle. Scoter flocks can range from many hundreds to a few thousand birds. Why do they form these aggregations?
July 01, 2009 by John Muir Laws
Find out how a little worm ties together the lives, and deaths, of several ocean animals, from sea otters to surf scoters to the mole crabs that live in great numbers in the sands of many beaches.
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October 01, 2007 by Aleta George
Winter is high time for birding on the Bay, and now the San Francisco Bay Trail has become the area’s …
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October 01, 2002 by Gregg Elliott
What makes the Bay such a magnet for shorebirds and waterfowl, hosting more of them than any other Pacific coastal wetland in the U.S.? Looking at some of the Bay’s habitats through the eyes of four different species gives us a unique perspective on this avian haven.
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