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Scientists are learning how noise affects Bay Area wildlife as they work to conserve wetland birds amid a roaring urban soundscape


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San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory Science Director Katie LaBarbera checks a mist net used to capture birds for banding before releasing them back into their natural habitat at the Coyote Creek Field Station in Milpitas, Calif., on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

The Bay Area is a permanent or temporary home for 250 different species of resident and migratory birds. Noise can affect their stress response, interfere with their ability to listen for predators and prey, and alter their vocalizations.


Originally published at Claudia Steiner

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