2025 San Francisco Shorebird Survey
This form indicates your availability and interest in participating in the San Francisco Shorebird Survey. As part of the broader Pacific Flyway Shorebird Survey effort, this community science effort guides the management and conservation of wintering shorebirds in the Pacific Flyway. The Survey contributes data to the Migratory Shorebird Project, the largest coordinated survey of wintering shorebirds on the Pacific Coast of the Americas spanning 10 countries from Canada to Peru.

Read about volunteer responsibilities here: http://data.prbo.org/apps/pfss/index.php?page=volunteer Note that there will be a new data entry form this year - keep your eyes peeled for more details in your site assignment email!

This form will be used by the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory to assign sites in south San Francisco Bay (e.g. Union City, Newark, San Jose, Mountain View, Palo Alto). If you want to volunteer in north San Francisco Bay instead, contact Matt Reiter (mreiter@pointblue.org).

Contact SFBBO Lead Biologist Amy Parsons (aparsons@sfbbo.org), with any questions about this form.

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Email *
First and Last Name *
First and Last Name of 2nd participant (if applicable)
Please put a checkmark next to each day that you are available to participate in a field survey of shorebirds. Note: the exact survey times have not been finalized yet, but should be close to the times listed below *
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If you are a new volunteer for the Shorebird Survey and/or SFBBO, please briefly describe your ability to identify and count flocks of shorebirds. Please indicate the species that you can confidently identify and the maximum flock size that you have counted in the past. If you are a returning volunteer, please write "N/A" or "returning volunteer."
Do you have an eBird account? If so, please copy-paste the link to it or the username:
Preferred location—please confirm whether you would like to survey the same location as last year. If you are new or willing to switch sites, please indicate the geographic areas that you would like to survey. You may refer to the list of survey areas below.
Potential SFBBO Survey Areas for 2025
Eden Landing (Hayward)
Palo Alto Baylands
Ravenswood Ponds (Menlo Park)
Dumbarton and Newark Ponds (Newark)
Mowry Ponds (Fremont)
Warm Springs
Alviso Ponds and New Chicago Marsh (Alviso)
Sunnyvale WPCP
Moffett Ponds (Mountain View)
Charleston Slough
San Jose WPCP
Coyote Creek Lagoon (Fremont)
Inner Bair Island (Redwood City)
Coyote Hills (Fremont)
Do you have access to a spotting scope for the survey?
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Other preferences (e.g. survey partners, notes about availability, preferences for site access such as walking distances)
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