Event

Solstice Family Fun Ride on the Stevens Creek Trail

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Learn about Mountain View wetlands and get some pleasant exercise at a summer solstice evening bike tour.

Part guided tour by bike, part summer solstice celebration, and full-on fun festivities! Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition and Friends of Stevens Creek Trail are partnering for an unforgettable community event. Come together to ride, celebrate nature, hear bikes playing your favorite music from speakers, and experience the Stevens Creek Trail like never before.

Serendipity and Salt Ponds

Snowy Plover chicks in an oyster shell. Credit: SFBBO
Snowy Plover chicks in an oyster shell. Credit: SFBBO

Dr. Nathan Van Schmidt, Director of Waterbird Science at the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory, will give a virtual presentation on the Restoration Project's dilemma of needing to offer habitat for species that have accidentally ended up in San Francisco Bay after their habitat elsewhere was degraded. The event is hosted by the Golden Gate Bird Alliance.

More info and access here.

The presentation description:

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.

Birdy Hour: Designing More Equitable Climate Solutions

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Join San Jose State University Professor Dr. Costanza Rampini for a discussion on whose values and voices are prioritized in climate change solutions. Dr. Rampini, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Studies, will inquire into who will benefit, who will lose, and who will be left out as different countries, regions, cities, and communities try to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and implement strategies to cope with the impacts of climate change.

Plover and Tern Mud Stomp 2024

Two young 2022 volunteers on an oyster shell pile. Credit: Laura Cholodenko
Two young 2022 volunteers on an oyster shell pile. Credit: Laura Cholodenko

You can join the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory (SFBBO) and the Restoration Project to help improve nesting habitat for threatened western snowy plovers and endangered California least terns! Staff and volunteers will spread oyster shells donated from area restaurants on a dry pond bottom. 

This event is open to all ages, but please note that there are no restroom facilities at the site. Volunteers will have to drive on a graded dirt road for a short distance. Due to access restrictions, all volunteers will need to stay for the duration of the event.

Bird Walk at Pond SF2

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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.

Self-Guided Volunteer Opportunity: February 2024 King Tides in Alviso

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Interested in a volunteer opportunity you can do for school, work, or just for fun, that you can do on your own or with your household? Calling middle and high school students and scout groups! Come to the Don Edwards SF Bay National Wildlife Refuge and take photos to record the high tides called King Tides. The Refuge has a few spots around Alviso to view the year's highest tides. Participants will snap photos and submit them to the Refuge's Friends organization, the San Francisco Bay Wildlife Society, at [email protected].