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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.

August 31

1Mourning Dove
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
4American Oystercatcher
4Killdeer
2Spotted Sandpiper
2Willet
4Ring-billed Gull
2Black Skimmer
1Gull-billed Tern
2Forster's Tern
2Little Blue Heron
4Great Egret
1Black Vulture
1Red-headed Woodpecker
1Eastern Kingbird
4Blue Jay
2American Crow
1Carolina Chickadee
1Tufted Titmouse
2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Gray Catbird
2Eastern Bluebird
1Seaside Sparrow
4Common Grackle
2Northern Cardinal
2Painted Bunting
1Ruddy Turnstone
8Sanderling
21Laughing Gull
5Royal Tern
1Anhinga
2Double-crested Cormorant
6Brown Pelican
2Osprey
XCommon Gallinule
XWood Stork
XWhite Ibis
XYellow-crowned Night Heron
XTricolored Heron
XSnowy Egret
XGreen Heron
XGreat Blue Heron
XRed-bellied Woodpecker
XPileated Woodpecker
XNorthern Flicker
XWhite-eyed Vireo
XCarolina Wren
XNorthern Mockingbird
XPine Warbler
5Turkey Vulture
1Cooper's Hawk
1Belted Kingfisher
2Downy Woodpecker
1Tree Swallow
3White-breasted Nuthatch
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
3House Finch
1Rock Pigeon
2Eastern Whip-poor-will
1Clapper Rail
2Black-bellied Plover
1Piping Plover
1Sandwich Tern
2Pied-billed Grebe
1Great Crested Flycatcher
2Red-eyed Vireo
4European Starling
4American Robin
1American Redstart
14Chimney Swift
4Hudsonian Whimbrel
5Black-crowned Night Heron
4Barn Swallow
6Red-winged Blackbird
1Northern Parula
2Summer Tanager
2Caspian Tern
1Black-and-white Warbler

August 30

1American Coot
2Least Sandpiper
1Least Tern
2Least Bittern
1Common Yellowthroat
3Bald Eagle
1Brown-headed Cowbird
2Chuck-will's-widow
2American Herring Gull

August 29

1Western Cattle-Egret
2Boat-tailed Grackle
1Hooded Warbler
2Western Sandpiper
7Semipalmated Sandpiper
2Pectoral Sandpiper
1Brown Thrasher

August 28

1Purple Gallinule
1Red-shouldered Hawk

August 27

1Acadian Flycatcher
1Common Tern
1Kentucky Warbler
3Black-bellied Whistling-Duck

August 26

1Common Nighthawk
11Semipalmated Plover
1Black Tern
1Roseate Spoonbill
1Orchard Oriole
2American Goldfinch
1Marsh Wren
1Eastern Towhee
1Prairie Warbler
2Black-necked Stilt
2Lesser Yellowlegs
1Lesser Black-backed Gull
1Northern Harrier
2Stilt Sandpiper

August 25

2Glossy Ibis
1Chipping Sparrow
2Short-billed Dowitcher
1Fish Crow
1Ovenbird
1Prothonotary Warbler
1Northern Waterthrush