Torrey Pines Docent Society Bird Survey

May 5-6, 2007

Ducks & Geese

Gadwall  14

Mallard  17

Cinnamon Teal  2

Northern Shoveler*  2

Ruddy Duck*  9

Quail

California Quail  25

Grebes

Pied-billed Grebe  5

Western Grebe  90

Clark's Grebe  1

Pelicans

Brown Pelican  22

Cormorants

Brandt's Cormorant*  3

Double-crested Cormorant  6

Herons & Egrets

Great Blue Heron  2

Great Egret  7

Snowy Egret  11

Green Heron  4

Black-crowned Night-Heron   1

Ibises

White-faced Ibis  20

Hawks & Kites

White-tailed Kite  3

Accipiter sp.  1

Red-tailed Hawk  6

Falcons

American Kestrel  2

Peregrine Falcon  2

Rails & Coots

Common Moorhen*  1

American Coot  5

Plovers

Killdeer  1

Stilts and Avocets

Black-necked Stilt  2

Sandpipers & Phalaropes

Spotted Sandpiper  2

Willet  8

Whimbrel  1

Marbled Godwit  2

Gulls & Terns

Heermann's Gull  2

California Gull  10

Western Gull  21

Caspian Tern  7

Forster's Tern  8

Royal Tern  30

Pigeons & Doves

Rock Pigeon  3

Mourning Dove  55

Typical Owls

Great Horned Owl*  1

Swifts

Vaux's Swift  1

White-throated Swift  25

Hummingbirds

Anna's Hummingbird  37

Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird*  4

Tyrant Flycatchers

Olive-sided Flycatcher*  3

Dusky Flycatcher*  1

Pacific-slope Flycatcher  4

Black Phoebe  8

Say's Phoebe*  1

Ash-throated Flycatcher  2

Cassin's Kingbird  29

Western Kingbird  2

Vireos

Warbling Vireo  7

Jays and Crows

Western Scrub-Jay  10

American Crow  23

Common Raven  17

Swallows

Violet-green Swallow*  6

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  70

Cliff Swallow  29

Barn Swallow  1

Bushtits

Bushtit  28

Wrens

Bewick's Wren  2

House Wren  6

Marsh Wren  4

Gnatcatchers

Gnatcatcher sp.  1

California Gnatcatcher  3

Wrentits

Wrentit  34

Mockingbirds & Thrashers

Northern Mockingbird  4

California Thrasher  1

Starlings

European Starling  7

Wood-Warblers

Orange-crowned Warbler  6

Yellow Warbler  5

Black-throated Gray Warbler  1

Common Yellowthroat  18

Wilson's Warbler  12

Yellow-breasted Chat  2

Tanagers

Western Tanager  15

Towhees & Sparrows

Spotted Towhee  13

California Towhee  37

Belding's Savannah Sparrow  8

Song Sparrow  22

Cardinals & Allies

Black-headed Grosbeak  5

Lazuli Bunting*  2

Blackbirds

Red-winged Blackbird  30

Brewer's Blackbird  5

Brown-headed Cowbird  2

Hooded Oriole  1

Bullock's Oriole  2

Finches

House Finch  82

Lesser Goldfinch  40

American Goldfinch  2

Total of 90 species (unusual sightings shown with an asterisk and in italics)

Observers:

Eva Armi, Hank & Jane Baele, Will Cox, Jack Friery, Gary Grantham, Don Grine, Larry Lade