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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.

May 27

1Chimney Swift
1Semipalmated Plover
5Sanderling
6Laughing Gull
4Least Tern
1Sandwich Tern
1Royal Tern
2Carolina Wren
2Red-winged Blackbird
3Brown-headed Cowbird
2Northern Cardinal
15Mourning Dove
1Killdeer
14Least Sandpiper
3Semipalmated Sandpiper
2Anhinga
4Roseate Spoonbill
3Little Blue Heron
3Tricolored Heron
4Snowy Egret
11Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
3Great Crested Flycatcher
1Blue Jay
2Carolina Chickadee
2Tufted Titmouse
2Barn Swallow
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Brown Thrasher
1Eastern Bluebird
1Pine Warbler
2Painted Bunting
2Ruby-throated Hummingbird
2Willet
4Ring-billed Gull
2Forster's Tern
1Double-crested Cormorant
2White Ibis
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1White-eyed Vireo
2Northern Mockingbird
2Common Grackle
1Black-and-white Warbler
1Turkey Vulture
8House Finch
1Boat-tailed Grackle
1Clapper Rail
15Common Gallinule
2American Coot
1Wood Stork
1Least Bittern
1Green Heron
2Brown Pelican
1Cooper's Hawk
2American Crow
1Prothonotary Warbler
1Northern Parula
1Chuck-will's-widow
1Black-bellied Plover
2Spotted Sandpiper
2Gull-billed Tern
1Pied-billed Grebe
1Bald Eagle
1Downy Woodpecker
1Yellow-throated Vireo
1Gray Catbird
1Blue-winged Warbler
1Common Yellowthroat
1Wood Duck
1Purple Gallinule
1Black-crowned Night Heron
1Red-headed Woodpecker
1Fish Crow
1White-breasted Nuthatch
1Summer Tanager

May 26

2Belted Kingfisher
1Eastern Kingbird
4American Robin
XOsprey
2American Oystercatcher
4Wilson's Plover
19Ruddy Turnstone
1Black Skimmer
1Marsh Wren
2Caspian Tern
1Swallow-tailed Kite
1Chestnut-sided Warbler

May 25

2Western Sandpiper
6European Starling
1Seaside Sparrow
1Hooded Warbler
2White-rumped Sandpiper
4American Herring Gull
2Glossy Ibis
5Greater Yellowlegs
1Lesser Yellowlegs
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron

May 24

1Mississippi Kite
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
1Purple Martin
2Red-breasted Merganser
2Black-necked Stilt
4Hudsonian Whimbrel
2Black Vulture
1House Sparrow
1Mallard
1Orchard Oriole
1Stilt Sandpiper

May 23

1Red-tailed Hawk
1American Goldfinch
1Eurasian Collared-Dove
1Wood Thrush
1Blue Grosbeak

May 22

4Solitary Sandpiper
2Dunlin
1Willow Flycatcher
1Red-eyed Vireo
1Chipping Sparrow

May 21

1Great Black-backed Gull
1Savannah Sparrow
1Eastern Whip-poor-will

May 20

1Barred Owl