Ravenswood Pond SF2 Trail

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Parking area next to the Pond SF2 trail, west end of Dumbarton Bridge, south of the bridge; Menlo Park, CA

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Dumbarton Bridge Vista Point and Trail at 2100 Willow Road
Menlo Park
CA
94025

2025 Mud Stomp

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Event flyer

Help improve the nesting success of threatened western snowy plovers at a Ravenswood habitat restoration event where you get to stomp around in the mud and throw around shells!

Volunteers can join San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory (SFBBO) staff at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Don Edwards Refuge in Menlo Park to carry and spread oyster shells for the benefit of plovers. These birds nest in salt flats, where their eggs and chicks can get eaten by predators. The oyster shells help camouflage nests, eggs, and chicks. 

WEATHER CANCELLATION: Fall 2024 Mud Stomp II - Help Create Habitat for Threatened Birds

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Event flyer

You can join us to help improve the nesting success of threatened western snowy plovers at the Ravenswood Ponds! 

Partner San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory (SFBBO) will host a volunteer and scientist event to stomp nesting holes in the mud and scatter oyster shells for camouflage at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge in Menlo Park. These activities increase ground and pond texture and habitat complexity, helping the birds camouflage their nests so they can better evade predators.

Plover and Tern 2024 Fall Mud Stomp at Ravenswood!

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Event flyer

Help create habitat for threatened birds! You can join the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory at the Ravenswood Ponds in Menlo Park to stomp in the mud and thereby improve nesting habitat for threatened western snowy plovers.

To help improve the nesting success of these threatened species, SFBBO and volunteers will increase ground and pond texture and habitat complexity to help camouflage nests from predators. The event is at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge near the Dumbarton Bridge. 

Bird Walk at Pond SF2

People tour Ravenswood Pond SF2
People tour Ravenswood Pond SF2

You can join an interpretative guided tour at the Don Edwards Refuge for a leisurely stroll to view the many migrating shorebirds that frequent Ravenswood Pond Pond SF2 and its nesting islands. 

The tour will inform on resident bird species, migratory birds and the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project. Many migratory waterfowl travel through the Bay Area along what is known as the Pacific Flyway migratory path stretching from Alaska to the southern tip of South America. 

Bird Walk at Pond SF2

Flyer: Join us for a guided walk of the marsh while viewing migratory birds and learning about the Pacific Flyway. All ages are welcome! Rain or Shine!
Flyer: Join us for a guided walk of the marsh while viewing migratory birds and learning about the Pacific Flyway. All ages are welcome! Rain or Shine!

Join the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Refuge for a leisurely, morning stroll to view shorebirds that frequent the Pond SF2! This will be an interpretive guided tour to learn about resident bird species, migratory birds and the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project. Many migratory waterfowl travel through the Bay Area along what is known as the Pacific Flyway migratory path.

Bird Walk at Pond SF2

Event flyer
Event flyer

Join a Refuge biologist for a leisurely morning stroll to view shorebirds that frequent the Pond SF2! This will be an interpretive guided tour to learn about resident bird species, migratory birds and the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project. Many migratory waterfowl are traveling through the Bay Area from October through January along what is known as the Pacific Flyway migratory path. This free event is open to all, but registration is required. Register here.

Saturday Shorebird and Seabird Stroll at Ravenswood

A Forster's tern flies at Ravenswood. Credit: Rachel Tertes
A Forster's tern flies at Ravenswood. Credit: Rachel Tertes

As we celebrate the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration's 20th anniversary, Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge's 51st, and World Conservation Day, you can come explore a Menlo Park hidden gem for migratory shorebirds and nesting waterbirds!

You'll take a leisurely stroll with Wildlife Biologist Rachel Tertes along a Ravenswood pond with bird nesting islands just south of Dumbarton Bridge. You'll view a variety of waterbirds, including nesting terns and early visitors from the fall shorebird migration, and learn about the Restoration Project.