Bird Sightings: November 5, 2005

Torrey Pines Docent Society Bird Survey

November 5, 2005

Gadwall  5
Mallard  4
Northern Shoveler  10
Redhead  1
Surf Scoter  6
California Quail  4
Pied-billed Grebe  7
Brown Pelican  26
Double-crested Cormorant  14
Great Egret  9
Green Heron  1
White-tailed Kite  4
Cooper's Hawk  2
Red-tailed Hawk  7
American Coot  64
Snowy Plover  13
Willet  69
Long-billed Curlew  2
Sanderling  13
Least Sandpiper  29
Heermann's Gull  12
California Gull  25
Royal Tern  1
Mourning Dove  33
White-throated Swift  10
Belted Kingfisher  1
Northern Flicker  1
Say's Phoebe  9
Western Kingbird  2
American Crow  41
Tree Swallow  5
House Wren  5
California Gnatcatcher  2
Wrentit  19
California Thrasher  2
Orange-crowned Warbler  2
Common Yellowthroat  14
California Towhee  24
Song Sparrow  11
Golden-crowned Sparrow  1
Red-winged Blackbird  6
Brewer's Blackbird  10
Lesser Goldfinch  24

American Wigeon  92
Blue-winged Teal  1
Northern Pintail  14
Lesser Scaup  1
Ruddy Duck  6
Common Loon  2
Western Grebe  200
Brandt's Cormorant  2
Great Blue Heron  6
Snowy Egret  22
Osprey  2
Northern Harrier  1
Red-shouldered Hawk  2
American Kestrel  5
Black-bellied Plover  19
Killdeer  4
Whimbrel  1
Marbled Godwit  9
Western Sandpiper  7
Bonaparte's Gull  1
Ring-billed Gull  17
Western Gull  43
Rock Pigeon  8
Barn Owl  1
Anna's Hummingbird  41
Nuttall's Woodpecker  3
Black Phoebe  18
Cassin's Kingbird  13
Western Scrub-Jay  14
Common Raven  28
Bushtit  67
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  2
Hermit Thrush  4
Northern Mockingbird  3
European Starling  11
Yellow-rumped Warbler  14
Spotted Towhee  4
Savannah Sparrow  18
White-crowned Sparrow  21
Dark-eyed Junco  1
Western Meadowlark  3
House Finch  136
House Sparrow  1

Total of 86 species

Weather: clear

Lagoon mouth: open

Observers: Hank & Jane Baele, David Blue, Will Cox, Kathy Estey (compiler), Blair Francis, Jack Friery, Don Grine, and Gary Grantham