Torrey Pines Docent Society Bird Survey

January 6 , 2007

Ducks & Geese

Brant*  1

Gadwall  22

American Wigeon  38

Mallard  4

Blue-winged Teal  8

Cinnamon Teal  4

Northern Shoveler  7

Northern Pintail  22

Green-winged Teal  2

Redhead  7

Lesser Scaup  9

Surf Scoter  2

Bufflehead  7

Red-breasted Merganser  2

Ruddy Duck  8

Quail

California Quail  2

Loons

Common Loon  1

Grebes

Pied-billed Grebe  6

Eared Grebe  6

Western Grebe  81

Pelicans

Brown Pelican  25

Cormorants

Double-crested Cormorant                                 13

Herons & Egrets

Great Blue Heron  4

Great Egret  6

Snowy Egret  12

Ibises

White-faced Ibis*  33

Hawks & Kites

Osprey  1

White-tailed Kite  4

Northern Harrier  2

Cooper's Hawk  1

Red-shouldered Hawk  3

Red-tailed Hawk  5

Falcons

American Kestrel  4

Rails & Coots

American Coot  68

Plovers

Black-bellied Plover  20

Semipalmated Plover  4

Killdeer  5

Stilts and Avocets

Black-necked Stilt  1

Sandpipers

Willet  15

Marbled Godwit  3

Sanderling  8

Gulls & Terns

Heermann's Gull  6

Ring-billed Gull  20

California Gull  30

Western Gull  6

Forster's Tern  11

Royal Tern  7

Pigeons & Doves

Rock Pigeon  1

Mourning Dove  1

Swifts

White-throated Swift  6

Hummingbirds

Anna's Hummingbird  30

Kingfishers

Belted Kingfisher  1

Woodpeckers

Nuttall's Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  7

Tyrant Flycatchers

Black Phoebe  10

Say's Phoebe  2

Cassin's Kingbird  2

Shrikes

Loggerhead Shrike  2

Jays and Crows

Western Scrub-Jay  6

American Crow  20

Common Raven  5

Bushtits

Bushtit  43

Wrens

Bewick's Wren  1

House Wren  1

Kinglets

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  2

Gnatcatchers

California Gnatcatcher  10

Thrushes

Hermit Thrush  5

Wrentits

Wrentit  23

Mockingbirds & Thrashers

Northern Mockingbird  3

California Thrasher  4

Wood-Warblers

Orange-crowned Warbler  2

Yellow-rumped Warbler  117

Common Yellowthroat  8

Emberizids

Spotted Towhee  6

California Towhee  18

Rufous-crowned Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  8

White-crowned Sparrow  29

Blackbirds

Red-winged Blackbird  17

Western Meadowlark  3

Brewer's Blackbird  5

Finches

House Finch  32

Lesser Goldfinch  7

Total of 83 species (unusual sightings shown with an asterisk and in italics)
Weather: clear
Lagoon mouth: open

Observers:

David Blue, Will Cox, Kathy Estey, Blair Francis, , Don Grine, and Herb Knufken