Torrey Pines Docent Society Bird Survey

March 3-4 , 2007

Ducks & Geese

Gadwall  26

American Wigeon  16

Mallard  20

Blue-winged Teal  1

Cinnamon Teal  4

Northern Shoveler  15

Northern Pintail  3

Green-winged Teal  17

Lesser Scaup  6

Surf Scoter  3

Bufflehead  6

Ruddy Duck  10

Quail

California Quail  26

Loons

Red-throated Loon  2

Pacific Loon  1

Grebes

Pied-billed Grebe  2

Western Grebe  101

Pelicans

Brown Pelican  4

Cormorants

Double-crested Cormorant  21

Pelagic Cormorant  1

Herons & Egrets

Great Blue Heron  2

Great Egret  7

Snowy Egret  9

Ibises

White-faced Ibis  46

Hawks & Kites

Osprey  2

White-tailed Kite  4

Cooper's Hawk  2

Red-shouldered Hawk  8

Red-tailed Hawk  5

Falcons

American Kestrel  4

Rails & Coots

Clapper Rail  1 (ho)

American Coot  49

Plovers

Semipalmated Plover  3

Stilts and Avocets

Black-necked Stilt  2

Sandpipers & Phalaropes

Willet  28

Marbled Godwit  10

Sanderling  12

Western Sandpiper  1

Dowitcher sp.  12

Gulls & Terns

Ring-billed Gull  13

California Gull  6

Western Gull  5

Caspian Tern*  4

Royal Tern  6

Pigeons & Doves

Rock Pigeon  2

Mourning Dove  2

Swifts

White-throated Swift  23

Hummingbirds

Black-chinned Hummingbird*  1

Anna's Hummingbird  38

Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird*  1

Costa's Hummingbird*  1 

Kingfishers

Belted Kingfisher  1

Woodpeckers

Nuttall's Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  1

Tyrant Flycatchers

Black Phoebe  6

Say's Phoebe  5

Cassin's Kingbird  11

Jays and Crows

Western Scrub-Jay  7

American Crow  26

Common Raven  24

Swallows

N. Rough-winged Swallow  22

Bushtits

Bushtit  30

Wrens

Bewick's Wren  3

House Wren  2

Kinglets

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  3

Gnatcatchers

California Gnatcatcher  4

Thrushes

Hermit Thrush  3

Wrentits

Wrentit  28

Mockingbirds & Thrashers

Northern Mockingbird  2

California Thrasher  2

Starlings

European Starling  1

Wood-Warblers

Orange-crowned Warbler  4

Yellow-rumped Warbler  33

Emberizids

Spotted Towhee  8

California Towhee  22

Rufous-crowned Sparrow  1

Savannah Sparrow  2

Belding’s Savannah Sparrow  3

Song Sparrow  12

White-crowned Sparrow  8

Blackbirds

Red-winged Blackbird  11

Western Meadowlark  3

Brewer's Blackbird  4

Finches

House Finch  64

Lesser Goldfinch  1

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow  1

Total of 85 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, Gary Grantham, and Herb Knufken