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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 24

2Gadwall
6Green-winged Teal
6Bufflehead
2Mourning Dove
2Common Gallinule
2American Coot
1Killdeer
2Pied-billed Grebe
1Anhinga
3Great Egret
2Great Blue Heron
2Brown Pelican
1Blue Jay
1Carolina Chickadee
1Gray Catbird
1Cedar Waxwing
5Red-winged Blackbird
1Pine Warbler
3Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Northern Cardinal
9Lesser Yellowlegs
1Willet
1Ruddy Turnstone
4Common Loon
1Tricolored Heron
5American White Pelican
1Northern Mockingbird
2Hooded Merganser

February 23

1Ring-billed Gull
1Little Blue Heron
25Tree Swallow
1Northern Shoveler
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Laughing Gull
1Caspian Tern
6Double-crested Cormorant
2Turkey Vulture
3American Crow
1Tufted Titmouse
1White-breasted Nuthatch
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Field Sparrow

February 22

1White Ibis
4Snowy Egret
6Red-throated Loon
1Eastern Bluebird
1American Robin
1House Finch
1Chipping Sparrow
1Osprey
2Bald Eagle
1Red-tailed Hawk
3Blue-winged Teal
2Greater Scaup
1Ruddy Duck
9Greater Yellowlegs
2Forster's Tern
2Carolina Wren
21Sanderling
8Bonaparte's Gull
2American Herring Gull
1Horned Grebe
2Black-crowned Night Heron
XRed-shouldered Hawk
XRed-bellied Woodpecker
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet

February 20

2Wood Duck
2Mallard
7Lesser Scaup
1Clapper Rail
1Belted Kingfisher
1Golden-crowned Kinglet
1Marsh Wren
1Brown Thrasher
1Hermit Thrush
1American Goldfinch
4White-throated Sparrow
1Swamp Sparrow
4Brown-headed Cowbird
13Common Grackle
1Black-and-white Warbler

February 19

3Black-bellied Plover
1Downy Woodpecker
4Purple Finch
4Semipalmated Plover
100Short-billed Dowitcher
500Dunlin
6Ring-necked Duck
2Loggerhead Shrike
1Wild Turkey
1Red Knot
4Least Sandpiper
1Pileated Woodpecker
2Blue-headed Vireo
1Brown Creeper
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

February 18

4Long-billed Dowitcher
4Fish Crow
1Seaside Sparrow
1Black Vulture
1Boat-tailed Grackle
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1Song Sparrow
2Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
4Piping Plover
2Royal Tern
1Northern Gannet
1Eastern Phoebe
1Nelson's Sparrow