Don Edwards San Francisco Bay - National Wildlife Refuge

Address: 1 Marshland Road Fremont, CA 94555
E-mail: sfbaynwrc@fws.gov
Phone Number: 510-792-0222

In spring, marsh wren, barn swallows, salt marsh song sparrows, common yellow throats, western snowy plovers are the common habitats.

In summer, more than 80 species of birds, including the endangered California clapper rail nest on sites throughout the refuge.  Harbor seals haul out in protected sloughs to give birth to pups and nurse their young.  Native gray fox pups are often seen scampering across the upland near dusk.

In fall, the migratory frenzy begins in August with the arrival of hundreds of thousands of shorebirds making their way south from the Arctic, Alaska, and western Canada.  Twenty-five species of waterfowl follow in October, which is also one of the best times to see migratory golden-crowned sparrows and yellow-rumped warblers.

Winter at the refuge is a prime time to view both waterfowl and shorebirds along the Bay, sloughs, and marshes.  Great "rafts" of surf scoters, lesser scaups, ruddy ducks and bufflehead float along the Bay, while flocks of eared grebes drift in nearby salt ponds.  With luck, you may see a golden eagle soaring overhead, scanning for rabbits and other prey.

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Don Edwards San Francisco Bay
Don Edwards San Francisco Bay - National Wildlife Refuge, California