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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 19

2American Oystercatcher
2Wilson's Plover
2Willet
55Least Tern
1Green Heron
1Great Blue Heron
6Mourning Dove
4Clapper Rail
1Laughing Gull
1Tricolored Heron
1Snowy Egret
1Great Egret
3Brown Pelican
3Osprey
3Purple Martin
1Northern Mockingbird
8Red-winged Blackbird
1Northern Cardinal
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
2Black-necked Stilt
4Killdeer
1Spotted Sandpiper
2Ring-billed Gull
4Wood Stork
6White Ibis
10Roseate Spoonbill
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Eastern Kingbird
2Blue Jay
4American Crow
1Carolina Chickadee
1Tufted Titmouse
2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Carolina Wren
2Brown Thrasher
1Seaside Sparrow
4Common Grackle
1Prairie Warbler
1Blue Grosbeak
1Painted Bunting
2Royal Tern
1Little Blue Heron
1Great Crested Flycatcher
1Fish Crow
3Barn Swallow
2White-breasted Nuthatch
1Greater Yellowlegs
1Gull-billed Tern
4Anhinga
2Double-crested Cormorant
1Turkey Vulture
6House Finch
4Brown-headed Cowbird
1Chimney Swift
2Common Gallinule
1Semipalmated Plover
1Least Bittern
2Downy Woodpecker
1Prothonotary Warbler
1Northern Parula
1Pine Warbler
1Summer Tanager
1Chuck-will's-widow
1American Coot
4Red Knot
2Least Sandpiper
2Forster's Tern
2Pied-billed Grebe
1Belted Kingfisher
1Red-headed Woodpecker
1Common Yellowthroat
2Pileated Woodpecker
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
3Eastern Bluebird

June 18

1Boat-tailed Grackle
1Black-crowned Night Heron
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Sanderling
1Common Loon
2Gray Catbird
1Indigo Bunting
2American Herring Gull
1Red-eyed Vireo

June 17

1Common Nighthawk
3Eastern Screech-Owl
1Bald Eagle
1American Goldfinch
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
3Glossy Ibis
1White-eyed Vireo
1Black Skimmer
1Acadian Flycatcher
2Yellow-throated Vireo
4European Starling
1Chipping Sparrow

June 16

1Red-tailed Hawk
7Sandwich Tern
3Black-bellied Plover
3Ruddy Turnstone
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
1Semipalmated Sandpiper
1Yellow-breasted Chat

June 13

1Swallow-tailed Kite
1Red-shouldered Hawk