Audubon Canyon Ranch has monitored shorebird use
on Tomales Bay since 1989. After the levees
in the Giacomini restoration area were breeched
last October, we expanded our shorebird count
areas to include the newly restored Giacomini Wetlands. As most of the shorebird use in the bay is
by winter residents, ACR’s monitoring program fo
cuses on obtaining intensive estimates of winter
shorebird abundance. ACR also tracks shorebir
d abundances during fall and spring migration