{"id":22,"date":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weebly-import-page-17"},"modified":"2026-07-04T02:18:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T02:18:42","slug":"california-gull-ask-a-scientist","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sfbbo-test.twomoons.systems\/staging\/1924\/california-gull-ask-a-scientist\/","title":{"rendered":"California Gull Ask a Scientist &#8211; San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><span>California Gull Research Ask a Scientist<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span>Did you know that California Gulls did not breed in San Francisco Bay until 1980? <br><br>Prior to that, they only bred inland at saline lakes like Mono Lake. <br><br>\u200bNow nearly 50,000 California Gulls come to breed in San Francisco Bay every spring. This will be SFBBO\u2019s 40th year monitoring their population growth and movements.<br>\u200b<\/span><br><span>These birds are predators and can eat the eggs and chicks of shorebirds like threatened Western Snowy Plovers, which is why monitoring their breeding is so important.<br>\u200b<\/span><br><span>Want to hear more about the impact of gulls and the work that SFBBO is doing? 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