San Joaquin Wildlife Santuary

The San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary features 300 acres of coastal freshwater wetlands and is home to more than 200 types of birds including cranes, mallards, American avocets, peregrine falcons and song sparrows. If you're lucky you might even catch a glimpse of a golden eagle.Birdwatchers can stop by the Sea and Sage Audubon house near the sanctuary entrance to check out binoculars, spotting...

The San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary is a constructed wetland in Irvine, California, in the flood plain of San Diego Creek just above its outlet into the Upper Newport Bay.The site is owned by the Irvine Ranch Water District; it was used for farmland in the 1950s and 1960s, and (prior to its reconstruction) as a duck hunting range. Restoration of the wetlands began in 1988 and was completed in...