Images from the article

The Salt Pond Puzzle: Restoring South San Francisco Bay view full piece »

Image Michael Kern and the Gardens of Eden
A California gull comes in for a landing on the gull-filled flats of the South San Francisco Bay salt ponds
(image 1 of 8)
Image Michael Kern and the Gardens of Eden
A California gull, which eats gull eggs (shown here) as well as those of other species
(image 2 of 8)
Image Judy Irving © Pelican Media
USGS biologists in the California gull colony at Pond A6, part of the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project where the gulls are encouraged to nest.
(image 3 of 8)
Image Sources: Google Maps/South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project (image 4 of 8)
Image Michael Kern and the Gardens of Eden
Caitlin Robinson-Nilsen examines a snowy plover egg at the E Ponds in the South Bay.
(image 5 of 8)
Image Michael Kern and the Gardens of Eden
Snowy plovers are tiny shorebirds, whose offspring can fall prey to larger birds like California gulls.
(image 6 of 8)
Image Cris Benton
Panorama of Salt Pond A6, taken in 2010 before the area was breached as part of the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project. Today, the area has accumulated sediment and looks like a natural mudflat. The image was created by stitching together 12 wide-angle frames taken by a camera at 150 feet, suspended from a kite, and is part of the Hidden Ecologies Project, http://bit.ly/NYMgAq.
(image 7 of 8)
Image Ken Phenicie Jr.
A pair of avocets chase a California gull that had snatched their baby from a nest at Don Edwards S. F. Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
(image 8 of 8)

More Galleries