An easy hike or bike ride through these beautiful marshlands — scenery includes views of one of the few remaining estuaries in the Bay Area. This is a birders paradise. Common avian inhabitants include great blue heron, egret, willet, and marbled godwit. Don’t forget to stop by the«hidden swing» located near the northwest corner of «the loop». Please be careful to respect the area — no polluting, littering or dumping. More than 90% of the historic tidal marshes in the San Francisco Estuary have been filled. Given this significant loss of wetlands and wildlife habitat, it is critical that we protect and restore former tidelands like these which can still be easily restored, particularly those that are adjacent to existing marshes and wildlife habitats. Classified as a northern coastal salt marsh, the 620-acre Corte Madera Marsh Ecological Reserve has vegetation consisting of cordgrass, pickleweed, salt grass, coyote bush, gum-plant, marsh rosemary, dock, annual grasses and herbs, and various exotic shrub species.
