date and time: 06 December 2025, from 06:30 to 11:05
weather: low clouds (low enough to impair visibility at ground level until about 07:15) all morning, N-NW wind about 5 mph until about 09:30, then calm, temperature 41-42 degrees F.
route: standard Trochet (minimally modified Langham)
solo survey
birds:
snow goose- 15
greater white-froned goose- 1180
cackling goose- 230
Canada goose- 81
dark goose sp.- 250
wood duck- 2
cinnamon teal- 18
northern shoveler- 220
American wigeon- 22
gadwall- 70
mallard- 65
northern pintail- 350
green-winged teal- 900
ring-necked duck- 23
bufflehead- 14
common goldeneye- 1
hooded merganser- 2
duck sp.- 45
pied-billed grebe- 5
Virginia rail- 3 (heard only)
American coot- 840
sandhill crane- 54
snowy egret- 1
great egret- 9
black-necked stilt- 80
killdeer- 16
dunlin- 18
least sandpiper- 80
long-billed dowitcher- 8
Wilson’s snipe- 5
greater yellowlegs- 13
turkey vulture- 7
white-tailed kite- 1
northern harrier- 7 (quite possibly more)
sharp-shinned hawk- 1
Cooper’s hawk- 3
bird hawk sp.- 3
red-shouldered hawk- 2
red-tailed hawk- 9
great horned owl- 1
belted kingfisher- 2
Nuttall’s woodpecker- 3 (heard only)
northern flicker- 3 (heard only)
American kestrel- 4
black phoebe- 15
California scrub-jay- 3 (low!)
American crow- 2 (low!)
common raven- 1 (heard only)
oak titmouse- 3 (low)
bushtit- 65
ruby-crowned kinglet- 25
white-breasted nuthatch- 2 (low)
northern house wren- 1 (low)
marsh wren- 25
European starling- 4
hermit thrush- 4
American pipit- 13
house finch- 75
sooty fox sparrow- 2
Oregon junco- 22
Junco ssp.- 10
Gambel’s white-crowned sparrow- 20
white-crowned sparrow- 12
golden-crowned sparrow- 18
white-throated sparrow- 1 (still in juv. plumage [aspect anyway])
Savannah sparrow- 8 (low)
song sparrow- 16
Lincoln’s sparrow- 5
sparrow sp.- 25
spotted towhee- 8 (low)
western meadowlark- 6 (low)
red-winged blackbird- 450
brown-headed cowbird- 20
Brewer’s blackbird- 250
blackbird sp.- 1650
orange-crowned warbler- 4
common yellowthroat- 2