date and time:  06:15 to 08:30, 11 October 2025

weather:  clear, very light breeze out of the west (wet finger detectable), 44 degrees F.

route:  standard Trochet

solo survey

birds:

white goose sp.-  2

greater white-fronted goose-  1850 (numbers increasing fast now)

Canada goose-  480

cackling goose-  60

dark goose sp.-  800

cinnamon teal-  4

northern shoveler-  55

gadwall-  25

American wigeon-  1

northern pintail-  45

green-winged teal-  90

duck sp.-  450

mourning dove-  4

Virginia rail-  1

American coot-  2

sandhill crane-  66

snowy egret-  3

great egret-  13

great blue heron-  4

black-necked stilt-  130

killdeer-  35

least sandpiper-  17

long-billed dowitcher-  120

Wilson’s snipe-  7

greater yellowlegs-  28

white-faced ibis-  8

turkey vulture-  1

white-tailed kite-  1

bald eagle-  1 ad.

northern harrier-  1

sharp-shinned hawk-  1

red-tailed hawk-  3

American barn owl-  2

great horned owl-  1

belted kingfisher-  1

Nuttall’s woodpecker-  1

northern flicker-  4

American kestrel-  1

black phoebe-  8

Say’s phoebe-  1

California scrub-jay-  2

American crow-  6

common raven-  6

oak titmouse-  2

tree swallow-  80

barn swallow-  5

wrentit-  1

ruby-crowned kinglet-  3

white-breasted nuthatch-  2

Bewick’s wren-  2

house wren-  3

marsh wren-  6

European starling-  25

American robin-  5

American pipit-  1

house finch-  15

lesser goldfinch-  2

American goldfinch-  6

fox sparrow-  1

white-crowned sparrow-  4

golden-crowned sparrow-  15

Savannah sparrow-  10

song sparrow-  15

Lincoln’s sparrow-  8

sparrow sp.-  12

spotted towhee-  3

western meadowlark-  6

red-winged blackbird-  550 (some nonbreeders are back, too)

brown-headed cowbird-  4

Brewer’s blackbird-  180

blackbird sp.-  750

common yellowthroat-  4

Audubon’s warbler-  6

myrtle warbler-  1 (FOS- my first this season)

black-throated gray warbler-  1