Bird Sightings: March 4-5, 2006

Torrey Pines Docent Society Bird Survey

March 4-5, 2006

Ducks

Gadwall  21

American Wigeon  44

Mallard  3

Blue-winged Teal  126

Cinnamon Teal  35

Northern Shoveler  45

Northern Pintail  4

Green-winged Teal  45

Redhead*  4

Lesser Scaup  33

Surf Scoter  300

Bufflehead  5

Ruddy Duck  6 

Quail

California Quail  5 

Loons

Loon sp.  8

Pacific Loon  2

Common Loon  3 

Grebes

Pied-billed Grebe  3

Eared Grebe  1

Western Grebe  200 

Shearwaters

Black-vented Shearwater  3 

Pelicans

Brown Pelican  8 

Cormorants

Brandt's Cormorant  2

Double-crested Cormorant  20 

Herons and Egrets

Great Blue Heron  2

Great Egret  9

Snowy Egret  5 

Ibises

White-faced Ibis  20 

Hawks and Kites

White-tailed Kite  2

Northern Harrier  1

Accipiter sp.  2

Sharp-shinned Hawk  1

Cooper's Hawk  2

Red-shouldered Hawk  2

Red-tailed Hawk  8 

Falcons

American Kestrel  3 

Coots

American Coot  126 

Plovers

Black-bellied Plover  9

Snowy Plover  6

Semipalmated Plover  11

Killdeer  1 

Avocets

American Avocet  4 

Sandpipers

Greater Yellowlegs  1

Willet  34

Long-billed Curlew  2

Marbled Godwit  8

Western Sandpiper  25

Least Sandpiper  4

Dowitcher sp.  6 

Gulls and Terns

Heermann's Gull  3

Ring-billed Gull  33

California Gull  40

Western Gull  15

Caspian Tern  1

Royal Tern  2 

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon  4

Mourning Dove  8 

Typical Owls

Great Horned Owl  1

Swifts

White-throated Swift  12 

Hummingbirds

Anna's Hummingbird  36

Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird*  1 

Kingfishers

Belted Kingfisher  2 

Woodpeckers

Nuttall's Woodpecker  3

Downy Woodpecker*  1

Northern Flicker  2 

Tyrant Flycatchers

Black Phoebe  10

Say's Phoebe  4

Cassin's Kingbird  3 

Vireos

Warbling Vireo*  1 

Jays and Crows

Western Scrub-Jay  5

American Crow  45

Common Raven  29 

Swallows

Violet-green Swallow  9

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  21

Cliff Swallow  2 

Bushtits

Bushtit  41 

Wrens

Bewick's Wren  1

House Wren  2

Marsh Wren  2 

Gnatcatchers

California Gnatcatcher  3 

Thrushes

Hermit Thrush  4

Babblers

Wrentit  13 

Mockingbirds and Thrashers

Northern Mockingbird  1

California Thrasher  4 

Wood-Warblers

Orange-crowned Warbler  3

Yellow-rumped Warbler  19

Common Yellowthroat  8 

Towhees and Sparrows

Spotted Towhee  9

California Towhee  27

Rufous-crowned Sparrow  2

Savannah Sparrow  12

“Belding's” Savannah Sparrow  2

Fox Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  27

White-crowned Sparrow  17

Golden-crowned Sparrow  11 

Blackbirds

Red-winged Blackbird  4

Western Meadowlark  6

Brewer's Blackbird  4 

Finches

House Finch  43

Lesser Goldfinch  17

American Goldfinch*  2

Total of 99 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, and Gary Grantham