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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.

March 13

1Common Eider
1Northern Bobwhite
1Wild Turkey
2Mourning Dove
1American Coot
4Sanderling
2Ring-billed Gull
1Double-crested Cormorant
4Snowy Egret
1Western Cattle-Egret
4Great Egret
2Great Blue Heron
1Osprey
1Bald Eagle
2Downy Woodpecker
1Eastern Phoebe
4Blue Jay
4Tree Swallow
1White-breasted Nuthatch
19Gray Catbird
2Eastern Bluebird
1Chipping Sparrow
1White-crowned Sparrow
4Red-winged Blackbird
2Brown-headed Cowbird
1Pine Warbler
1Prairie Warbler
2Northern Cardinal
1Forster's Tern
3Pied-billed Grebe
1White Ibis
1Little Blue Heron
3Brown Pelican
2Yellow-rumped Warbler
11Common Gallinule
8Anhinga
2Tricolored Heron
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2American Robin
1Swamp Sparrow
10Common Grackle
2Turkey Vulture
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
3American Crow
1Fish Crow
3Tufted Titmouse
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet
5Carolina Wren
1Brown Thrasher
1Hermit Thrush
1House Finch
1Black-and-white Warbler
1Clapper Rail
1Virginia Rail
1Sora
2Black-bellied Plover
1Wilson's Plover
1Short-billed Dowitcher
1Western Sandpiper
1Great Black-backed Gull
1Black Skimmer
2Common Loon
1Northern Gannet
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
1Green Heron
1Merlin
1Marsh Wren
4Northern Mockingbird

March 12

1Killdeer
2Willet
1Red-throated Loon
1Belted Kingfisher
1Carolina Chickadee
1Seaside Sparrow
1Bonaparte's Gull
1American Herring Gull
2Caspian Tern
2Royal Tern
2Brown-headed Nuthatch
2Brown Creeper
4European Starling
1White-throated Sparrow

March 11

4Ruddy Duck
1Laughing Gull
4Wood Stork
4Bufflehead
1Black-crowned Night Heron
1White-eyed Vireo
6Boat-tailed Grackle
1Blue-winged Teal
1Red-breasted Merganser
1Greater Yellowlegs
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Great Horned Owl
1Song Sparrow
2Rusty Blackbird

March 10

5Glossy Ibis
1Least Sandpiper
1Nelson's Sparrow
2Common Yellowthroat
3Gadwall
1Red-headed Woodpecker
20Cedar Waxwing
1Eastern Towhee
2Blue-headed Vireo
150Dunlin
1Golden-crowned Kinglet
1Canada Goose
4Green-winged Teal
4Piping Plover
2Spotted Sandpiper
1Northern Parula

March 9

6Northern Shoveler
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Sedge Wren
2Wilson's Snipe
1Northern Flicker
22Savannah Sparrow
1Horned Lark
1Pine Siskin
1Yellow-throated Warbler

March 8

2Black Vulture
1Saltmarsh Sparrow

March 7

6Hooded Merganser
1Barred Owl
1American Goldfinch
1Red-tailed Hawk