Torrey Pines Docent Society Bird Survey

Mar 1, 2008

Ducks & Geese

Gadwall  46

American Wigeon  35

Mallard  20

Cinnamon Teal  11

Northern Shoveler  32

Northern Pintail  15

Green-winged Teal  11

Canvasback*  1

Lesser Scaup  26

Surf Scoter  1

Bufflehead  14

Ruddy Duck  16

Quail

California Quail  2

Loons

Loon sp.  36

Pacific Loon  4

Common Loon  3

Grebes

Pied-billed Grebe  3

Western Grebe  85

Clark's Grebe  1

Pelicans

Brown Pelican  18

Cormorants

Brandt's Cormorant  8

Double-crested Cormorant  16

Herons & Egrets

Great Blue Heron  2

Great Egret  8

Snowy Egret  3

Ibises

White-faced Ibis  50

Hawks & Kites

Osprey  1

White-tailed Kite  1

Cooper's Hawk  1

Red-shouldered Hawk  3

Red-tailed Hawk  7

Falcons

American Kestrel  1

Peregrine Falcon  2

Rails & Coots

Common Moorhen*  2

American Coot  63

Plovers

Snowy Plover  21

Killdeer  3

Sandpipers & Phalaropes

Willet  6

Marbled Godwit  3

Gulls & Terns

Heermann's Gull  8

Ring-billed Gull  21

California Gull  24

Western Gull  14

Royal Tern  3

Pigeons & Doves

Rock Pigeon  3

Hummingbirds

Anna's Hummingbird  18

Woodpeckers

Nuttall's Woodpecker  4

Northern Flicker  1

Tyrant Flycatchers

Black Phoebe  4

Say's Phoebe  3

Cassin's Kingbird  6

Jays and Crows

Western Scrub-Jay  3

American Crow  15

Common Raven  14

Swallows

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  19

Barn Swallow  3

Bushtits

Bushtit  31

Wrens

Bewick's Wren  4

House Wren  1

Marsh Wren  5

Kinglets

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1

Thrushes

Western Bluebird  1

Wrentits

Wrentit  13

Mockingbirds & Thrashers

Northern Mockingbird  2

California Thrasher  1

Starlings

European Starling  16

Wood-Warblers

Orange-crowned Warbler  3

Yellow-rumped Warbler  24

Common Yellowthroat  7

Emberizids

Spotted Towhee  5

California Towhee  29

Belding's Savannah Sparrow  4

Song Sparrow  10

Lincoln's Sparrow  3

White-crowned Sparrow  23

Blackbirds

Red-winged Blackbird  1

Brewer's Blackbird  8

Finches

House Finch  26

Lesser Goldfinch  6

American Goldfinch  1

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow  1

Total of 81 species (unusual sightings shown with an asterisk and in italics)

Observers: Blair Francis, David Blue, Don Grine, Gary Grantham, Hank and Jane Baele, Herb Knufken, Jack Friery, Kathy Estey, Will Cox