Don Edwards Refuge
Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Alviso Education Center
Alviso, CA
Site URL: Don Edwards Refuge Web Site
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The Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge in Alviso has multiple environments available for bird viewing. There are ponds where waterfowl gather, as well as islands which host cormorant and pelican populations. There are also marshlands with shorebirds, and a garden with local plants.
Typical species include:
Ducks
Mallards, Green Winged Teals, Blue Winged Teals, Cinnamon Teals. Northern Shovelers, Gadwalls, Pintails, American Wigeons, Eurasian Wigeons, Canvasback, Bufflehead, Common Goldeneye, Lesser Scaup, Greater Scaup, Ruddy Ducks
Gulls
California Gulls, Ring Beaked Gulls
Pelicans
WHite Pelicans, California Bown Pelicans
Cormorants
Double-crested Cormorants
Shorebirds
Greater Yellowlegs, Red-Necked Phalarope, Wester Sandpiper, Long-billed Curlew, Willet, Short-billed Dowitcher, Marbled Godwit, Black Bellied Plover, Black-necked stilt, American Avocet
Grebes
Pied Billed Grebe, Western Grebe, Clark's Grebe
Rails
American Coot, Sora
Raptors
Red Winged Hawk, Western Screech Owl
