Salton Sea

Surveying birds at the Salton Sea

We were at the Sea this week participating in a sea-wide survey of birds

Staff from Audubon California this week participated participate in a sea-wide survey of Salton Sea in partnership with Point Blue Conservation Science. Joining the team were Audubon California staff Andrea Jones and Frank Ruiz, plus birding expert Dan Cooper, from Cooper Ecological Monitoring.

Frank Ruiz and Dan Cooper on the lookout for birds. Photo: Andrea Jones
Least Sandpiper tracks in the mud where they were pecking for food. Our team saw thousands of these great birds. Photo: Andrea Jones
Photo: Andrea Jones

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