date and time:  05 October 2025, from 06:25 to noon

weather:  clear, E wind 3-5mph all morning, temperatures 50-67 degrees F.

route:  standard Trochet

solo survey

birds:

greater white-fronted goose-  220

cackling goose-  45

Canada goose-  370

wood duck-  9

cinnamon teal-  15

northern shoveler-  75

gadwall-  35

mallard-  280

northern pintail-  120

green-winged teal-  330

ring-necked duck-  6

duck sp.-  350

California quail-  5

wild turkey-  8

pied-billed grebe-  3

mourning dove-  6

Anna’s hummingbird-  2

Virginia rail-  7

sora-  3

American coot-  16

common gallinule-  1

sandhill crane-  52

snowy egret-  1

great egret-  3

black-necked stilt-  90

killdeer-  65

least sandpiper-  45

long-billed dowitcher-  1150

Wilson’s snipe-  19

lesser yellowlegs-  1

greater yellowlegs-  25

white-faced ibis-  1

turkey vulture-  8

white-tailed kite-  4

bald eagle-  1

northern harrier-  3

Cooper’s hawk-  1

Swainson’s hawk-  1

red-shouldered hawk-  3

red-tailed hawk-  1

American barn owl-  1

great horned owl-  1

belted kingfisher-  2

downy woodpecker-  3

Nuttall’s woodpecker-  4

northern flicker-  22

Empidonax sp.-  1

black phoebe-  23

Say’s phoebe-  1

California scrub-jay-  20

American crow-  12

oak titmouse-  8

tree swallow-  20

barn swallow-  1

bushtit-  25

wrentit-  4

ruby-crowned kinglet-  9

white-breasted nuthatch-  10

Bewick’s wren-  7

northern house wren-  6

marsh wren-  18

European starling-  5

hermit thrush-  1

American robin-  3

American pipit-  2

house finch-  35

American goldfinch-  3

white-crowned sparrow-  65

golden-crowned sparrow-  40

Savannah sparrow-  20

song sparrow-  15

Lincoln’s sparrow-  7

sparrow sp.-  75

spotted towhee-  15

western meadowlark-  20

red-winged blackbird-  650

brown-headed cowbird-  3

Brewer’s blackbird-  70

blackbird sp.-  600

orange-crowned warbler-  2

common yellowthroat-  2

Audubon’s warbler-  3

Lost Slough Bird Survey – October