Bird Sightings: December 2-3, 2006

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Torrey Pines Docent Society Bird Survey

December 2-3 , 2006

Total of 76 species (unusual sightings shown with an asterisk and in italics)

Ducks and Geese

Canada Goose*  8

Gadwall  45

American Wigeon  22

Mallard  1

Blue-winged Teal  4

Northern Shoveler  21

Northern Pintail  6

Green-winged Teal  4

Lesser Scaup  1

Bufflehead  25

Ruddy Duck  16

 

Loons

Pacific Loon  4

Common Loon  5

 

Grebes

Pied-billed Grebe  8

Eared Grebe  1

Western Grebe  180

Clark's Grebe*  1

 

Pelicans

Brown Pelican  12

 

Cormorants

Brandt's Cormorant  1000+

Double-crested Cormorant  10

 

Herons and Egrets

Great Blue Heron  3

Great Egret  4

Snowy Egret  3

 

Ibises

White-faced Ibis*  5

 

Hawks and Kites

White-tailed Kite  3

Northern Harrier  3

Red-tailed Hawk  5

 

Falcons

American Kestrel  3

 

Coots

American Coot  31

 

Plovers

Black-bellied Plover  9

Snowy Plover  12

 

Sandpipers

Willet  39

Long-billed Curlew  1

Marbled Godwit  4

Sanderling  14

Western Sandpiper  3

Dunlin*  1

Dowitcher sp.  5

 

Gulls and Terns

Heermann's Gull  15

Ring-billed Gull  22

California Gull  35

Western Gull  12

Royal Tern  4

Forster's Tern  4

 

 

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon  5

Mourning Dove  7

 

Swifts

White-throated Swift  1

 

Hummingbirds

Anna's Hummingbird  3

 

Kingfishers

Belted Kingfisher  2

 

Tyrant Flycatchers

Black Phoebe  7

Say's Phoebe  4

Cassin's Kingbird  3

 

Jays and Crows

Western Scrub-Jay  4

American Crow  12

Common Raven  4

 

Swallows                 

N. Rough-winged Swallow*  2

 

Bushtits

Bushtit  44

 

Wrens

House Wren  2

 

Kinglets

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1

 

Gnatcatchers

California Gnatcatcher  3

 

Wrentits

Wrentit  4

 

Mockingbirds

Northern Mockingbird  1

 

Starlings

European Starling  20

 

Wood-Warblers

Yellow-rumped Warbler  31

Common Yellowthroat  7

 

Emberizids

California Towhee  10

Rufous-crowned Sparrow  2

Savannah Sparrow  1

Belding's Savannah Sparrow  2

Song Sparrow  9

White-crowned Sparrow  36

 

Blackbirds

Red-winged Blackbird  10

Western Meadowlark  1

Brewer's Blackbird  6

 

Finches

House Finch  7

Lesser Goldfinch  3

 

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow  1

 

Weather: clear

Lagoon mouth: open

Observers:

David Blue, Kathy Estey, Blair Francis, Gary Grantham, Don Grine, and Herb Knufken

 

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