Wildlife in East Palo Alto

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Ravenswood Open Space Preserve (East Palo Alto)

This is a 373 acre marshland preserve that contains a former salt pond surrounded by levees. It features 2 miles of hiking and biking trails.  The preserve attracts many birds including sandpipers, dowitchers, avocets, Great blue herons, white pelicans, and egrets.  There are plenty of picnic tables, a visitor center with restrooms (when open) and two parking lots on Bay Road.