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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.

June 20

6Common Gallinule
2Least Bittern
2Tricolored Heron
2Green Heron
2Great Egret
1Prothonotary Warbler
2Painted Bunting
3Mourning Dove
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
2American Oystercatcher
1Black-bellied Plover
2Killdeer
3Wilson's Plover
2Willet
1Ruddy Turnstone
3Laughing Gull
7Black Skimmer
260Least Tern
5Royal Tern
2Wood Stork
8Anhinga
4Double-crested Cormorant
7White Ibis
3Glossy Ibis
15Brown Pelican
2Turkey Vulture
5Osprey
1Bald Eagle
3Fish Crow
3Purple Martin
7Barn Swallow
3Red-winged Blackbird
6Common Grackle
1Northern Cardinal
1Chuck-will's-widow
2Ruby-throated Hummingbird
4American Coot
2Black-necked Stilt
2Spotted Sandpiper
2Sanderling
1Semipalmated Sandpiper
2American Herring Gull
1Gull-billed Tern
10Roseate Spoonbill
1Little Blue Heron
1Great Blue Heron
2Belted Kingfisher
1Red-headed Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
2Blue Jay
2American Crow
1Tufted Titmouse
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Gray Catbird
2Eastern Bluebird
1Eastern Towhee
6Brown-headed Cowbird
1Black-throated Green Warbler
1Greater Yellowlegs
3Black-crowned Night Heron
1Red-tailed Hawk
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
3Great Crested Flycatcher
2Carolina Chickadee
1White-breasted Nuthatch
3Carolina Wren
4Brown Thrasher
2Northern Mockingbird
10House Finch
2Pine Warbler

June 19

4Clapper Rail
1Snowy Egret
2Ring-billed Gull
1Eastern Kingbird
1Seaside Sparrow
1Prairie Warbler
1Blue Grosbeak
1Chimney Swift
1Semipalmated Plover
1Northern Parula
1Summer Tanager
4Red Knot
2Least Sandpiper
2Forster's Tern
2Pied-billed Grebe
1Common Yellowthroat
1Eastern Wood-Pewee

June 18

1Boat-tailed Grackle
1Common Loon
1Indigo Bunting
1Red-eyed Vireo

June 17

1Common Nighthawk
3Eastern Screech-Owl
1American Goldfinch
1White-eyed Vireo
1Acadian Flycatcher
2Yellow-throated Vireo
4European Starling
1Chipping Sparrow

June 16

7Sandwich Tern
1Common Tern

June 15

1Hooded Warbler
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
2American Robin
4House Sparrow
1Ovenbird
1Swainson's Warbler

June 14

1Purple Gallinule
2Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1Eurasian Collared-Dove
2Short-billed Dowitcher
1Yellow-breasted Chat

June 13

1Swallow-tailed Kite