Bird Sightings: July 2, 2005

Gadwall 10 (4 juveniles)
Mallard 26 (many juveniles)
Cinnamon Teal 3 (2 juveniles)
Northern Pintail 1
California Quail 12
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Brown Pelican 9
Double-crested Cormorant 5
Great Blue Heron 6 (1 juvenile)
Great Egret 6
Snowy Egret 6
Green Heron 4
Black-crowned Night-Heron 2
Osprey 1
White-tailed Kite 1
Northern Harrier 1
Accipiter species 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
American Kestrel 2
Killdeer 6
Willet 21
Whimbrel 3
Long-billed Curlew 1
Peep species 50
Western Sandpiper 100
Heermann's Gull 75
Ring-billed Gull 3
Western Gull 46
Royal Tern 30
Forster's Tern 1
Least Tern 3
Black Skimmer 1
Rock Pigeon 1
Mourning Dove 38
Greater Roadrunner 1

White-throated Swift 6
Anna's Hummingbird 16
Belted Kingfisher 1
Black Phoebe 7
Cassin's Kingbird 5
Western Scrub-Jay 8
American Crow 7
Common Raven 62
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 50
Cliff Swallow 38
Bushtit 40
Bewick's Wren 3
House Wren 4
California Gnatcatcher 8
Wrentit 23
Northern Mockingbird 6
California Thrasher 3
European Starling 3
Orange-crowned Warbler 2
Yellow Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 17
Spotted Towhee 4
California Towhee 32
Savannah Sparrow 6
Belding's Savannah Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 10
Black-headed Grosbeak 2
Red-winged Blackbird 14
Brewer's Blackbird 18
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Hooded Oriole 1
House Finch 65
Lesser Goldfinch 15
American Goldfinch 1
House Sparrow 1

Total of 71 species.  Unusual species in bold.

Weather: sunny

Lagoon mouth: open

Observers: Hank Baele, Will Cox, Blair Francis, Jack Friery, and Gary Grantham