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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 17

2Mourning Dove
1Willet
5Sanderling
5Forster's Tern
1Pied-billed Grebe
2Red-throated Loon
43Double-crested Cormorant
2Tricolored Heron
30Great Egret
6Brown Pelican
XFish Crow
XCarolina Chickadee
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Carolina Wren
XEastern Bluebird
4Cedar Waxwing
XWhite-throated Sparrow
4Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Northern Cardinal
2Clapper Rail
1Sora
2American Avocet
4Short-billed Dowitcher
2Wilson's Snipe
2Bonaparte's Gull
6Ring-billed Gull
2Anhinga
6White Ibis
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
1Little Blue Heron
2Great Blue Heron
6American White Pelican
1Belted Kingfisher
1Downy Woodpecker
2Eastern Phoebe
1Blue-headed Vireo
6American Crow
2Tufted Titmouse
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Marsh Wren
1Brown Thrasher
8American Robin
1Pine Siskin
2Savannah Sparrow
2Red-winged Blackbird
2Rusty Blackbird
2Pine Warbler
5Blue-winged Teal
2Mallard
12Common Gallinule
29American Coot
3Greater Yellowlegs
5Laughing Gull
4Black-crowned Night Heron
10Snowy Egret
1Northern Harrier
1Bald Eagle
3Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Blue Jay
1Gray Catbird
1Northern Mockingbird
4Hermit Thrush
2House Finch
1Song Sparrow
1Swamp Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
8Common Grackle

March 16

1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Spotted Sandpiper
2Western Sandpiper
2Green Heron
1Sedge Wren
2American Pipit
1Dark-eyed Junco
1Palm Warbler
1Eurasian Collared-Dove
1Semipalmated Plover
1Parasitic Jaeger
1Common Loon
1Barred Owl
1American Kestrel
4European Starling
1American Goldfinch
1Yellow-throated Warbler

March 15

1Chuck-will's-widow
1Virginia Rail
1Marbled Godwit
2American Herring Gull
2White-eyed Vireo
1Nelson's Sparrow
1Orchard Oriole
3Gadwall
5Green-winged Teal
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
8American Wigeon
1Killdeer
1Lesser Yellowlegs
1Northern Flicker
1Rock Pigeon
1Horned Grebe
1Seaside Sparrow

March 14

1Osprey
2Black-bellied Plover
1Red-shouldered Hawk
7Tree Swallow
2Mottled Duck
4Bufflehead
2Red-breasted Merganser
2Wilson's Plover
1Ruddy Turnstone
2Brown-headed Cowbird
1Northern Bobwhite
2Brown Creeper
1Saltmarsh Sparrow
1Northern Parula

March 13

1Common Eider
1Wild Turkey
1Western Cattle-Egret
1White-breasted Nuthatch
1Chipping Sparrow
1White-crowned Sparrow
1Prairie Warbler
2Turkey Vulture
1Black-and-white Warbler
1Great Black-backed Gull
1Black Skimmer
1Northern Gannet
1Merlin

March 12

2Caspian Tern
2Royal Tern

March 11

4Ruddy Duck
4Wood Stork
6Boat-tailed Grackle
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Great Horned Owl

March 10

5Glossy Ibis
1Least Sandpiper
2Common Yellowthroat
1Red-headed Woodpecker