Bird Sightings: April 1, 2006

Torrey Pines Docent Society Bird Survey

April 1, 2006

Total of 90 species (unusual sightings shown with an asterisk and in italics)

Ducks, Geese, and Swans

Gadwall  26

American Wigeon  18

Mallard  17

Blue-winged Teal  12

Cinnamon Teal  13

Northern Shoveler  14

Green-winged Teal  18

Surf Scoter  2

Bufflehead  3

Ruddy Duck  7 

New World Quail

California Quail  14 

Loons

Red-throated Loon  1

Common Loon  1 

Grebes

Pied-billed Grebe  1

Eared Grebe  1

Western Grebe  10

Clark's Grebe  1 

Pelicans

Brown Pelican  17 

Cormorants

Brandt's Cormorant  1

Double-crested Cormorant  4 

Herons and Egrets

Great Blue Heron  3

Great Egret  16

Snowy Egret  5

Green Heron  1 

Ibises and Spoonbills

White-faced Ibis  31 

Hawks and Kites

Osprey  2

White-tailed Kite  1

Northern Harrier  1

Cooper's Hawk  3

Red-tailed Hawk  8 

Falcons

American Kestrel  2

Peregrine Falcon*  2 

Rails and Coots

American Coot  54 

Plovers

Snowy Plover  37

Semipalmated Plover  2

Killdeer  5 

Stilts and Avocets

Black-necked Stilt  2

American Avocet  9 

Sandpipers

Willet  6

Marbled Godwit  4

Sanderling  10

Western Sandpiper  12

Dowitcher sp.  6 

Gulls and Terns

Ring-billed Gull  17

California Gull  1

Western Gull  6

Royal Tern  30

Elegant Tern  2 

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon  5

Mourning Dove  10 

Typical Owls

Great Horned Owl  1 

Swifts

White-throated Swift  38 

Hummingbirds

Anna's Hummingbird  42

Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird*  1 

Kingfishers

Belted Kingfisher  1 

Woodpeckers

Nuttall's Woodpecker  4 

Tyrant Flycatchers

Black Phoebe  5

Cassin's Kingbird  6

Western Kingbird  2 

Jays and Crows

Western Scrub-Jay  9

American Crow  27

Common Raven  34 

Swallows

Violet-green Swallow  1

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  22

Cliff Swallow  55

Barn Swallow  1 

Bushtits

Bushtit  38 

Wrens

Bewick's Wren  2

House Wren  5

Marsh Wren  2 

Kinglets

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  2 

Gnatcatchers

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1

California Gnatcatcher  3 

Babblers

Wrentit  31 

Mockingbirds and Thrashers

Northern Mockingbird  3

California Thrasher  6 

Wood-Warblers

Yellow-rumped Warbler  11

Common Yellowthroat  11

Wilson's Warbler  1 

Emberizids

Spotted Towhee  2

California Towhee  12

Savannah Sparrow  6

Belding's Savannah Sparrow  2

Song Sparrow  10

White-crowned Sparrow  10

Golden-crowned Sparrow  5 

Blackbirds

Red-winged Blackbird  72

Brewer's Blackbird  5 

Finches

House Finch  11

Lesser Goldfinch  2 

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow  1

Weather: clear

Lagoon mouth: open

Observers: Hank & Jane Baele, Ehren Brav, Will Cox, Kathy Estey, Blair Francis, Jack Friery, and Gary Grantham