Torrey Pines Docent Society Bird Survey

Jan 5, 2008

Ducks & Geese

Gadwall  10

American Wigeon  22

Mallard  19

Northern Shoveler  12

Northern Pintail  19

Green-winged Teal  10

Lesser Scaup  41

Bufflehead  10

Ruddy Duck  9

Quail

California Quail  29

Grebes

Pied-billed Grebe  1

Pelicans

Brown Pelican  86

Cormorants

Double-crested Cormorant  6

Herons & Egrets

Great Egret  3

Snowy Egret  1

Hawks & Kites

Red-shouldered Hawk  1

Red-tailed Hawk  5

Falcons

American Kestrel  2

Peregrine Falcon  1

Rails & Coots

American Coot  17

Plovers

Black-bellied Plover  2

Snowy Plover  4

Semipalmated Plover  2

Killdeer  2

Sandpipers & Phalaropes

Willet  4

Western Sandpiper  30

Gulls & Terns

Heermann's Gull  72

Ring-billed Gull  13

California Gull  15

Western Gull  38

Forster's Tern  5

Royal Tern  6

Pigeons & Doves

Rock Pigeon  1

Mourning Dove  6

Hummingbirds

Anna's Hummingbird  13

Kingfishers

Belted Kingfisher  1

Woodpeckers

Nuttall's Woodpecker  3

Tyrant Flycatchers

Black Phoebe  1

Say's Phoebe  1

Jays and Crows

Western Scrub-Jay  4

American Crow  7

Common Raven  8

Swallows

Tree Swallow  2

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  3

Bushtits

Bushtit  20

Wrens

Bewick's Wren  2

House Wren  8

Thrushes

Western Bluebird  1

Hermit Thrush  2

Wrentits

Wrentit  7

European Starling  5

Wood-Warblers

Yellow-rumped Warbler  16

Common Yellowthroat  3

Emberizids

Spotted Towhee  2

California Towhee  29

Belding's Savannah Sparrow  5

Song Sparrow  5

Lincoln's Sparrow  1

White-crowned Sparrow  18

Blackbirds

Red-winged Blackbird  20

Brewer's Blackbird  30

Finches

House Finch  10

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow  10

Total of 63 species (unusual sightings shown with an asterisk and in italics)

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