Torrey Pines Docent Society Bird Survey

Dec 1-2, 2007

Ducks & Geese

Gadwall  54

American Wigeon  31

Mallard  16

Northern Shoveler  17

Northern Pintail  1

Green-winged Teal  2

Redhead  1

Lesser Scaup  34

Surf Scoter  40

Bufflehead  12

Red-breasted Merganser  2

Ruddy Duck  7

Quail

California Quail  50

Loons

Pacific Loon  600

Grebes

Pied-billed Grebe  6

Western Grebe  22

Pelicans

Brown Pelican  300

Cormorants

Double-crested Cormorant  9

Herons & Egrets

Great Blue Heron  3

Great Egret  3

Snowy Egret  2

Hawks & Kites

Osprey  2

White-tailed Kite  1

Northern Harrier  1

Red-shouldered Hawk  5

Red-tailed Hawk  7

Falcons

American Kestrel  6

Peregrine Falcon  2

Rails & Coots

American Coot  62

Plovers

Snowy Plover  1

Semipalmated Plover  2

Sandpipers & Phalaropes

Willet  9

Western Sandpiper  6

Gulls & Terns

Bonaparte's Gull  1

Heermann's Gull  135

Ring-billed Gull  135

California Gull  36

Western Gull  21

Royal Tern  1

Pigeons & Doves

Mourning Dove  14

Swifts

White-throated Swift  25

Hummingbirds

Anna's Hummingbird  15

Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird  1

Kingfishers

Belted Kingfisher  1

Woodpeckers

Nuttall's Woodpecker  3

Northern Flicker  2

Tyrant Flycatchers

Black Phoebe  8

Say's Phoebe  4

Cassin's Kingbird  9

Jays and Crows

Western Scrub-Jay  8

American Crow  21

Common Raven  14

Swallows

Northern Rough-winged Swallow*  10

Barn Swallow*  4

Bushtits

Bushtit  43

Nuthatches

Red-breasted Nuthatch*  3

Wrens

House Wren  2

Marsh Wren  2

Gnatcatchers

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1

California Gnatcatcher  6

Thrushes

Hermit Thrush  1

Wrentits

Wrentit  16

Mockingbirds & Thrashers

California Thrasher  2

Starlings

European Starling  37

Pipits

American Pipit*  2

Wood-Warblers

Orange-crowned Warbler  2

Yellow-rumped Warbler  94

Common Yellowthroat  3

Towhees & Sparrows

Spotted Towhee  3

California Towhee  22

Savannah Sparrow  1

Fox Sparrow*  2

Song Sparrow  5

Lincoln's Sparrow*  2

White-crowned Sparrow  37

Golden-crowned Sparrow  1

Blackbirds

Red-winged Blackbird  24

Western Meadowlark  12

Brewer's Blackbird  24

Finches

House Finch  102

Lesser Goldfinch  7

Total of 81 species (unusual sightings shown with an asterisk and in italics)

Observers: Blair Francis, David Blue, Don Grine, Gary Grantham, Hank & Jane Baele, Herb Knufken, Jack Friery, Kathy Estey, Will Cox