In Photos: Waterbird Pond

On the edge of Milpitas' western city boundary, near the tech corporations at McCarthy Ranch and the SR-237 highway, is a corner not known to many.

This morning, American Avocets, Black-necked Stilts and Wilson's Phalaropes could be spotted at Waterbird Pond. The pond is part of the Santa Clara Valley Water District. It's accessible for birding to members of the Milpitas nonprofit, the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory, which operates the .

Waterbird Pond is not part the wildlife refuge. And the surrounding views aren't exactly pretty. Trucks at Newby Island Landfill can be seen from afar, as well as the fence that marks the beginning of the sludge ponds of the .

For a quick video introduction to birding or birdwatching in the area, .

For a list of birds that come through the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, click here.