Radio Road Ponds

1393 Radio Road, Redwood Shores, CA
Baylands Trail Web Site

The Radio Road ponds are not part of a preserve or park, but are on the Baylands Trail. The ponds are next to Redwood Shores Shore Dog Park, at the end of Radio Road. The ponds are habitat for large flocks of shorebirds, as well as Heron and Egret rookeries. The ponds in Winter are one of the best places to find Pintails and Blue Winged Teals, and a small Black Skimmer population also make their home in the pond. The back ponds and associated canals attract uncommon duck species such as Readheads. The Ponds are also a good place to find a Brandt's Goose among the Canada Geese flocks. Remember, just think "cute as a button" when you're looking at Goose beaks, and you'll find your Brandt's!

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, Barrow's Goldeneye, Lesser Scaup, Greater Scaup, Ruddy Ducks

Geese

Canada Goose, Brandt's Goose

Gulls

California Gulls, Ring Billed Gulls

Pelicans

WHite Pelicans, California Bown Pelicans

Cormorants

Double-crested Cormorants

Shorebirds

Greater Yellowlegs, Red-Necked Phalarope, Western 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

Herons and Egrets

Snowy Egret, Great Egret, Cattle Egret, Black-crowned Night Heron, Great Blue Heron

Songbirds

Song Sparrows, Lincoln's Sparrows, Black-Crowned Sparrow, Golden-Crowned Sparrow, House Finch, American Goldfinch, Lesser Goldfinch, Red-Winged Blackbirds, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Black Phoebe, Say's Phoebe

Swallows and Swifts

Cliff Swallows, Barn Swallows

Hummingbirds

Anna's Hummingbird

Raptors

Red Tailed Hawks, Northern Harrier, American Kestrel

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