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Welcome to our ongoing effort to catalog citizen science and other public participation in scientific research (PPSR) projects for UC California Naturalists and other citizen scientists.  We invite you to browse the listed projects or enter key words (like birds, youth, invasive, coast, Alameda, etc.) in the search box above to find projects in your area. It's a great way to stay involved and keep developing your skills as a natural scientist!

A vast majority of the information in the database was gathered from project websites and may be out of date. We encourage you to contact projects directly to get involved and learn about most recent opportunities. If you work with a listed project and would like to add to, update, or correct the information we have, please email cghdixon@ucdavis.edu. Also, please consider filling out the "PPSR perspectives" survey. Click here to access the survey, which will help guide this project in the coming year.

If you know of a project not on our list, please go to the "tell us about a project" link on the left so we can list the project here. Thanks for your help!

Special thanks goes to the National Science Foundation Informal Science Education program and the Stephen J. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation for supporting this database of projects.

Shorebird & Waterbird Monitoring on Tomales Bay

  • Organization Name
    Audubon Canyon Ranch
  • Project Website
  • Organization Website
  • Partners
    N / A
  • Contact Name
    N / A
  • Contact Email
    cgrc@egret.org
  • Contact Phone
    415-663-8203
  • Other Contact Information
    N / A
  • Project Purpose (taken from project materials)

    To conduct a census of shorebirds and waterbirds on Tomales Bay.

  • Participant Activities

    To collect data on bird populations from boats and from the shores of beautiful Tomales Bay

  • Data Entry
    • Unknown
  • Other Participant Activities

    Other education and conservation initiatives of the organization

  • System Studied
    • Birds
  • Geographic Scope
    Local
  • Region
    Marin
  • Location
    Tomales Bay
  • Location - Map
    Tomales Bay, California
  • Time Commitment
    • Specific dates (see Other Information below)
  • Volunteer Qualifications

    Volunteers should have excellent birding skills and be able to identify birds in flight and from a distance

  • Volunteer Training
    N / A
  • Cost to Participant
    N / A
  • How will the findings be used?

    Past uses of scientific data collected include:
    Ramsar recognition of Tomales Bay and Bolinas Lagoon as wetlands of international importance;
    Publication of the first complete assessment of the status of heron and egret populations of the region, “Status, trends, and implications for the conservation of heron and egret nesting colonies in the San Francisco Bay area” 

  • Other Information

    Contact organization for schedule of project activities

  • Photo
    N / A
  • last update:
    N / A

If you work with this project and would like to add to or update the information below, please email cghdixon@ucdavis.edu.

If you know of a project not on our list, please go to the "tell us about a project" link on the left so we can list the project here. Thanks for your help!

This database is focused on projects in California focused on the environment. For opportunities outside California, as well as national projects that don't have a California-specific components, check http://www.birds.cornell.edu/citscitoolkit/projects.