Bird Sightings: November 4-6, 2006

Torrey Pines Docent Society Bird Survey

November 4-6 , 2006

Total of 87 species (unusual sightings shown with an asterisk and in italics)

Ducks and Geese

Snow Goose*  1

Gadwall  11

American Wigeon  16

Mallard  16

Northern Shoveler  8

Green-winged Teal  4

Surf Scoter  2

Bufflehead  12

Red-breasted Merganser  2

Ruddy Duck  8

Quail

California Quail  5

Loons

Loon sp.  1

Pacific Loon  1

Common Loon  1

Grebes

Pied-billed Grebe  7

Eared Grebe  1

Western Grebe  190

Pelicans

Brown Pelican  48

Cormorants

Brandt's Cormorant  1

Double-crested Cormorant  5

Pelagic Cormorant  2

Herons

Great Blue Heron  3

Great Egret  4

Snowy Egret  9

Hawks and Kites

Osprey  2

White-tailed Kite  3

Northern Harrier  4

Cooper's Hawk  1

Red-shouldered Hawk  3

Red-tailed Hawk  4

Falcons

American Kestrel  4

Peregrine Falcon  1

Coots

American Coot  63

Plovers

Black-bellied Plover  5

Snowy Plover  11

Semipalmated Plover  6

Killdeer  8

Stilts and Avocets

Black-necked Stilt  1

Sandpipers

Willet  10

Whimbrel  1

Marbled Godwit  2

Sanderling  10

Western Sandpiper  2

Least Sandpiper  20

Dowitcher sp.  1 

Gulls and Terns

Heermann's Gull  60

Ring-billed Gull  12

California Gull  38

Western Gull  63

Royal Tern  1

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon  5

Mourning Dove  28

Swifts

White-throated Swift  2

Hummingbirds

Anna's Hummingbird  20

Kingfishers

Belted Kingfisher  2

Woodpeckers

Northern Flicker  5

Tyrant Flycatchers

Olive-sided Flycatcher  1

Pacific-slope Flycatcher  1

Black Phoebe  10

Say's Phoebe  8

Cassin's Kingbird  13

Jays and Crows

Western Scrub-Jay  7

American Crow  11

Common Raven  13

Swallows

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  2

Bushtits

Bushtit  34

Wrens

House Wren  3

Kinglets

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1

Gnatcatchers

California Gnatcatcher  8

Thrushes

Hermit Thrush 1

Wrentits

Wrentit  20

Thrashers

California Thrasher  1

Wood-Warblers

Orange-crowned Warbler  2

Yellow-rumped Warbler  68

Common Yellowthroat  8

Emberizids

Spotted Towhee  3

California Towhee  6

Rufous-crowned Sparrow  3

Fox Sparrow  2

Song Sparrow  14

White-crowned Sparrow  19

Blackbirds

Red-winged Blackbird  22

Western Meadowlark  2

Brewer's Blackbird  4

Finches

House Finch  92

Lesser Goldfinch  3

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow  1

Weather: clear

Lagoon mouth: open

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