Bird Sightings: May 6, 2006

Torrey Pines Docent Society Bird Survey

May 6, 2006

Total of 93 species (unusual sightings shown with an asterisk and in italics)

Ducks, Geese, and Swans

Gadwall  14

American Wigeon  2

Mallard  17 (with young)

Blue-winged Teal  2

Cinnamon Teal  5

Ruddy Duck  4

New World Quail

California Quail  6

Loons

Common Loon  5

Grebes

Pied-billed Grebe  3

Eared Grebe*  1

Western Grebe  6

Pelicans

Brown Pelican  50

Cormorants

Brandt's Cormorant  5

Bitterns & Herons

Great Blue Heron  6

Great Egret  13

Snowy Egret  17

Green Heron  1

Black-crowned Night-Heron  1

Ibises

White-faced Ibis  12

New World Vultures

Turkey Vulture  4

Hawks, Kites, and Eagles

Osprey  2

White-tailed Kite  6 (3 juveniles)

Accipiter sp.  1

Cooper's Hawk  1

Red-shouldered Hawk  1

Red-tailed Hawk  5

Falcons

American Kestrel  2

Peregrine Falcon  1

Rails & Coots

American Coot  3

Plovers

Snowy Plover  2

Semipalmated Plover  11

Killdeer  4

Sandpipers

Willet  3

Spotted Sandpiper  1

Whimbrel  1

Marbled Godwit  7

Sanderling  190

Gulls & Terns

California Gull  30

Western Gull  20

Caspian Tern  9

Royal Tern  20

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon  6

Mourning Dove  24

Swifts

Vaux's Swift  3

White-throated Swift  27

Hummingbirds

Anna's Hummingbird  52

Costa's Hummingbird* 1

Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird  2

Woodpeckers

Nuttall's Woodpecker  2

Tyrant Flycatchers

Western Wood-Pewee  4

Pacific-slope Flycatcher  1

Black Phoebe  5

Say's Phoebe  2

Cassin's Kingbird  5

Vireos

Warbling Vireo  5

Jays and Crows

Western Scrub-Jay  16

American Crow  36

Common Raven  53

Swallows

Swallow sp.  30

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  31

Cliff Swallow  9

Barn Swallow  17

Bushtits

Bushtit  45

Wrens

Bewick's Wren  16

House Wren  8

Marsh Wren  1 (heard only)

Gnatcatchers

California Gnatcatcher  5

Babblers

Wrentit  31

Mockingbirds and Thrashers

Northern Mockingbird  1

California Thrasher  2

Starlings

European Starling  4

Silky-flycatchers

Phainopepla  3

Wood-Warblers

Orange-crowned Warbler  4

Common Yellowthroat  14

Wilson's Warbler  21

Yellow-breasted Chat  3

Tanagers

Western Tanager  4

Emberizids

Spotted Towhee  19

California Towhee  25

Rufous-crowned Sparrow  2

Savannah Sparrow  2

Belding's Savannah Sparrow  13

Song Sparrow  26

Golden-crowned Sparrow  1

Cardinals and Allies

Black-headed Grosbeak  2

Lazuli Bunting*  1

Blackbirds

Red-winged Blackbird  47

Western Meadowlark  1

Brewer's Blackbird  2

Brown-headed Cowbird  1

Hooded Oriole  4

Finches

House Finch  77

Lesser Goldfinch  26

American Goldfinch  3

Weather: clear

Lagoon mouth: open

Observers: Hank & Jane Baele, David Blue, Will Cox, Kathy Estey, Jack Friery, and Gary Grantham