Torrey Pines Docent Society Bird Survey

February 3 , 2007

Ducks & Geese

Gadwall  38

American Wigeon  26

Mallard  4

Cinnamon Teal  4

Northern Shoveler  16

Northern Pintail  11

Green-winged Teal  21

Lesser Scaup  2

Surf Scoter  6

Bufflehead  6

Ruddy Duck  4

Quail

California Quail  8

Loons

Common Loon  1

Grebes

Pied-billed Grebe  11

Western Grebe  121

Clark's Grebe  1

Pelicans

Brown Pelican  24

Cormorants

Brandt's Cormorant  2

Double-crested Cormorant  15

Herons & Egrets

Great Blue Heron  1

Great Egret  5

Snowy Egret  3

Ibises

White-faced Ibis  10

Vultures

Turkey Vulture*  1

(2^nd February record)

Hawks & Kites

Osprey  1

White-tailed Kite  4

Northern Harrier  2

Cooper's Hawk  1

Red-shouldered Hawk  2

Red-tailed Hawk  6

Falcons

American Kestrel  5

Peregrine Falcon  1

Rails & Coots

American Coot  64

Plovers

Snowy Plover  4

Semipalmated Plover  20

Killdeer  4

Sandpipers & Phalaropes

Greater Yellowlegs  1

Willet  6

Lesser Yellowlegs  1

Marbled Godwit  6

Sanderling  10

Western Sandpiper  12

Dunlin  1

Gulls & Terns

Heermann's Gull  10

Ring-billed Gull  31

California Gull  40

Western Gull  13

Glaucous-winged Gull*  1

Royal Tern  6

Pigeons & Doves

Rock Pigeon  3

Mourning Dove  6

Swifts

White-throated Swift  20

Hummingbirds

Anna's Hummingbird  29

Kingfishers

Belted Kingfisher  1

Woodpeckers

Nuttall's Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  4

Tyrant Flycatchers

Black Phoebe  5

Say's Phoebe  6

Cassin's Kingbird  10

Vireos

Hutton's Vireo*  1

(1^st February record)

Jays and Crows

Western Scrub-Jay  12

American Crow  55

Common Raven  2

Bushtits

Bushtit  62

Wrens

Bewick's Wren  3

House Wren  1

Kinglets

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  6

Gnatcatchers

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1

California Gnatcatcher  4

Wrentits

Wrentit  25

Mockingbirds & Thrashers

Northern Mockingbird  1

California Thrasher  3

Starlings

European Starling  5

Wood-Warblers

Orange-crowned Warbler  7

Yellow-rumped Warbler  54

Common Yellowthroat  2

Emberizids

Spotted Towhee  8

California Towhee  16

Song Sparrow  11

Lincoln's Sparrow*  2

(4^th February record)

White-crowned Sparrow  11

Blackbirds

Red-winged Blackbird  11

Western Meadowlark  1

Brewer's Blackbird  6

Finches

House Finch  31

Lesser Goldfinch  6

Lawrence's Goldfinch*  2

(4^th record ever)

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow  1

Total of 92 species (unusual sightings shown with an asterisk and in italics)Weather: clear

Lagoon mouth: open

Observers:

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