Cross-Border, Nature Based Market Solutions to Protect Blue Carbon Coastal Ecosystems in the Californias

March 2022

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Priority migratory species in the Baja California Peninsula Wetlands: (a) and (b) California Least Tern ( Sternula antillarum ), (c) and (d) Western Snowy Plover ( Charadrius nivosus ), (e) and (f) American Peregrine Falcon ( Falco peregrinus ), (g) and (h) Ridgeway Rail ( Rallus obsoletus ), (i) California Brown Pelican ( Pelecanus occidentalis ), (j) Bald Eagle ( Haliaeetus leucocephalus ), and (k) and (l) Brant ( Branta bernicla ). Photos of Victor Ayala-Perez.

The most relevant sites in the State of California for migratory coastal bird species with links to habitats along the Baja California peninsula include: the San Francisco Estuary (the largest

estuary in western North America, covering 1,600 square miles), the Elkhorn Slough State Marine Reserve (located at Moss Landing along Monterrey Bay), the Morro Estuarine Reserve, the Orange

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