Birds and humans appear to have agreed to disagree about the merit of a $1.5 million Lake Merced revamp, which involved clearing tule stands and building a fishing pier and picnic area at the south end of the lake. That corner of the lake is perennially packed with a variety of migratory and native freshwater birds, including gulls, coots, mallard and ruddy ducks, cinnamon teal, gadwalls, buffleheads, canvasbacks, lesser scaup, cormorants, terns, ospreys, and swallows. The expensive human... More »
