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Recent reports from Huntington Beach SP

Only the most recent report per species is shown. Some reports may be pending verification.

February 5

4Bufflehead
6Hooded Merganser
1Mourning Dove
4Ring-billed Gull
2Forster's Tern
1Pied-billed Grebe
4White Ibis
4Great Egret
6American White Pelican
1Belted Kingfisher
2Downy Woodpecker
1Eastern Phoebe
2Blue Jay
4American Crow
1Carolina Chickadee
4Ruby-crowned Kinglet
2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Brown Thrasher
4Eastern Bluebird
10American Robin
12Cedar Waxwing
1Savannah Sparrow
6Red-winged Blackbird
2Common Grackle
4Yellow-rumped Warbler
2Northern Cardinal

February 4

12Northern Shoveler
11Gadwall
2American Wigeon
9Green-winged Teal
6Ruddy Duck
2Killdeer
2Greater Yellowlegs
1Laughing Gull
1Double-crested Cormorant
1Little Blue Heron
1Tricolored Heron
2Great Blue Heron
1Brown Pelican
1Osprey
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
10Tree Swallow
1Carolina Wren
1Song Sparrow
1Common Yellowthroat
2American Coot
4Willet
2Sanderling
1Bald Eagle
1Eastern Screech-Owl
1Peregrine Falcon
2Gray Catbird
2Northern Mockingbird
2House Finch
1Saltmarsh Sparrow
12Black Scoter
2Red-breasted Merganser
2Semipalmated Plover
2Wilson's Snipe
3Ruddy Turnstone
15Dunlin
8Bonaparte's Gull
1Royal Tern
3Common Loon
5Northern Gannet
2Snowy Egret
1Hermit Thrush
1Eastern Towhee
2Pine Warbler

February 3

1Golden-crowned Kinglet
1Winter Wren
1Blue-winged Teal
1Redhead
3White-winged Scoter
1Common Goldeneye
1Black-bellied Plover
1Lesser Yellowlegs
1Horned Grebe
1Red-throated Loon
1Turkey Vulture
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1Northern Flicker
1American Pipit
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Tufted Titmouse
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
1White-breasted Nuthatch
1Black-and-white Warbler
2Wood Duck
1Common Gallinule
6Black-crowned Night Heron
4White-throated Sparrow
4American Oystercatcher
24Least Sandpiper
7Western Sandpiper
1Razorbill
1Wood Stork
1Northern Harrier
1American Kestrel
2Ring-necked Duck
2Anhinga
1White-eyed Vireo
1Brown Creeper
1White-crowned Sparrow
1Rusty Blackbird

January 31

1Mallard
5Lesser Scaup
1American Herring Gull
1Blue-headed Vireo
3Purple Finch
6Canvasback
1Black Vulture
1Horned Lark

January 30

2Clapper Rail
1Swamp Sparrow
4Long-billed Dowitcher
6European Starling
1Seaside Sparrow
2Brown-headed Cowbird