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Torrey Pines Docent Society Bird Survey

Feb 2-3, 2008

Ducks & Geese

Brant*  5

Gadwall  35

Eurasian Wigeon*  1

American Wigeon  38

Mallard  12

Blue-winged Teal  1

Cinnamon Teal  26

Northern Shoveler  28

Northern Pintail  26

Green-winged Teal  22

Lesser Scaup  18

Surf Scoter  5

Bufflehead  10

Ruddy Duck  19

Quail

California Quail  25

Loons

Pacific Loon  5

Grebes

Pied-billed Grebe  5

Eared Grebe  2

Western Grebe  120

Clark's Grebe*  2

Shearwaters

Black-vented Shearwater

  2

Pelicans

Brown Pelican  29

Cormorants

Cormorant sp.  30

Brandt's Cormorant  1

Double-crested Cormorant  13

Herons & Egrets

Great Blue Heron  1

Great Egret  6

Snowy Egret  4

Ibises

White-faced Ibis  27

Hawks & Kites

Osprey  1

White-tailed Kite  2

Northern Harrier  2

Cooper's Hawk  1

Red-tailed Hawk  6

Falcons

American Kestrel  3

Peregrine Falcon  1

Rails & Coots

Common Moorhen  2

American Coot  37

Plovers

Killdeer  1

Stilts and Avocets

Black-necked Stilt  2

Sandpipers & Phalaropes

Willet  12

Marbled Godwit  8

Sanderling  11

Gulls & Terns

Heermann's Gull  24

Ring-billed Gull  20

California Gull  22

Western Gull  38

Royal Tern  2

Pigeons & Doves

Rock Pigeon  1

Mourning Dove  17

Typical Owls

Great Horned Owl*  1

Swifts

White-throated Swift  35

Hummingbirds

Anna's Hummingbird  33

Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird*  4

Kingfishers

Belted Kingfisher  1

Woodpeckers

Nuttall's Woodpecker  4

Northern Flicker  2

Tyrant Flycatchers

Black Phoebe  7

Say's Phoebe  6

Cassin's Kingbird  9

Jays and Crows

Western Scrub-Jay  3

American Crow  34

Common Raven  15

Swallows

Tree Swallow  4

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  5

Bushtits

Bushtit  24

Wrens

Bewick's Wren  4

House Wren  2

Marsh Wren  3

Gnatcatchers

California Gnatcatcher  3

Thrushes

Western Bluebird*  2

Hermit Thrush  2

Wrentits

Wrentit  38

Mockingbirds & Thrashers

California Thrasher  1

Starlings

European Starling  1

Pipits

American Pipit  1

Wood-Warblers

Yellow-rumped Warbler  1

Common Yellowthroat  3

Towhees & Sparrows

Spotted Towhee  7

California Towhee  23

Belding's Savannah Sparrow  2

Song Sparrow  8

Lincoln's Sparrow*  1

White-crowned Sparrow

  15

Blackbirds

Red-winged Blackbird  42

Western Meadowlark  6

Brewer's Blackbird  24

Finches

House Finch  42

Lesser Goldfinch  9

Total of 89 species (unusual sightings shown with an asterisk and in italics)

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

 

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