Tiempo de lectura | Reading time: 4 minutos By Antonieta Valenzuela To celebrate World Migratory Bird Day, this Monday, May 10, 2021, for the fourth consecutive year we installed the temporary fence on the beach in front of Pacifica at Ensenada Bay to protect the snowy plover. This fence will remain installed until August, which is when the breeding season ends.
Category Archives: Bahia de Todos Santos
Bird is the Word: Punta Banda Estuary (StoryMaps)
Tiempo de lectura | Reading time: 4 minutos By Andrea Sánchez Davidson I lived near the Punta Banda estuary in 2017 and it inspired my love of birding. The Punta Banda estuary is located on the Pacific side of the Baja California peninsula, just south of Ensenada, Mexico.
Community Engagement Webinars With Focus on Disturbance
Tiempo de lectura | Reading time: 2 minutos By Claudia Guzmán and Antonieta Valenzuela Throughout June, a series of free webinars were given to build community support for shorebird conservation and to address immediate human disturbance issues at Bahia Todos Santos, in Ensenada, Mexico.
Fencing to Protect Snowy Plovers Nests
Tiempo de lectura | Reading time: 4 minutos As part of the “The beach belongs to everyone” campaign, temporary protection fences were installed on El Ciprés beach in Ensenada, Baja California.
Snowy Plovers in Times of COVID-19
Tiempo de lectura | Reading time: 4 minutos By Jonathan Vargas Due to the coronavirus contingency (COVID-19), the beaches of Ensenada have had a slight respite when access to the public was prohibited as a security measure.
Beach Cleanup in Ensenada and World Migratory Bird Day 2019
Tiempo de lectura | Reading time: 3 minutos By Jonathan Vargas Last Saturday, September 21, 2019, the beach cleanup in front of Pacifica at Ensenada Bay was carried out. It was quite a pleasant day where the environmental conditions were on our side, with an excellent climate we received around 200 volunteers who answered the call to clean the beaches, and who enthusiasticallyContinue reading “Beach Cleanup in Ensenada and World Migratory Bird Day 2019”
Coastal Solutions Project in Bahia de Todos Santos
Tiempo de lectura | Reading time: 8 minutos By Jonathan Vargas Photo by Bryan Gerardo and Jonathan Vargas Translated by Óscar Gómez and Antonieta Valenzuela Bahía de Todos Santos Shorebird Reserve Bahía de Todos Santos, located in Ensenada, Baja California, is a site of ecological importance on which thousands of migratory shorebirds depend throughout the year, including species of worldwide conservation interest, suchContinue reading “Coastal Solutions Project in Bahia de Todos Santos”
Rescue and Release of a Snowy Plover in Ensenada
Tiempo de lectura | Reading time: 4 minutos By Jonathan Vargas This article was translated by Oscar Gómez On Friday, August 2nd of 2019, during the monitoring of snowy plover and least tern at the Punta Banda sandbar, our friend Álvaro San Jose, as well as Aurelio Álvarez, and Jorge Sánchez of the San Diego Zoo, found a male snowy plover in seriousContinue reading “Rescue and Release of a Snowy Plover in Ensenada”
New website connects communities that care for shorebirds
Tiempo de lectura | Reading time: 3 minutos Engage with the CEC’s new online resource and learn how you can help conserve at-risk migratory shorebirds along North America’s Pacific and Atlantic flyways.
Bahía De Todos Santos Was Designated as a Reserve for Shorebirds
Tiempo de lectura | Reading time: 3 minutos Bahía de Todos Santos in Ensenada was designated as a Site of Regional Importance for the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network (WHSRN).