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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.

January 11

1Canada Goose
1White-winged Scoter
2Short-billed Dowitcher
4Lesser Yellowlegs
2Greater Yellowlegs
4Western Sandpiper
4American Herring Gull
4White Ibis
1Little Blue Heron
2Snowy Egret
4Great Egret
1Eastern Screech-Owl
1Downy Woodpecker
1Eastern Phoebe
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Gray Catbird
2White-throated Sparrow
2Saltmarsh Sparrow
4Yellow-rumped Warbler
6Northern Cardinal
6Northern Shoveler
4Gadwall
1Northern Pintail
40Green-winged Teal
5Lesser Scaup
40Bufflehead
1Common Goldeneye
50Hooded Merganser
2Mourning Dove
1Black-bellied Plover
3Ring-billed Gull
2Forster's Tern
5Pied-billed Grebe
2Double-crested Cormorant
2Tricolored Heron
4Great Blue Heron
2Osprey
2Bald Eagle
5American Crow
2Carolina Chickadee
5Tree Swallow
1Pine Warbler
2Common Gallinule
2Sanderling
5Black-crowned Night Heron
2American White Pelican
2Brown Pelican
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Belted Kingfisher
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Pileated Woodpecker
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet
3Carolina Wren
2Brown Thrasher
2American Robin
3Cedar Waxwing
2Red-winged Blackbird
2Blue-winged Teal
1Virginia Rail
2Sora
15American Coot
2Willet
2Dunlin
15Bonaparte's Gull
4Common Loon
2Turkey Vulture
1Northern Flicker
4Blue Jay
2Tufted Titmouse
1Northern House Wren
4Marsh Wren
1Northern Mockingbird
1Swamp Sparrow
2Ruddy Duck
1Peregrine Falcon

January 10

2Semipalmated Plover
2Laughing Gull
1Horned Grebe
1Sharp-shinned Hawk
1Red-tailed Hawk
2White-breasted Nuthatch
1Chipping Sparrow
1White-crowned Sparrow
4Mallard
4American Oystercatcher
3Ruddy Turnstone
1Least Sandpiper
3Northern Gannet
3Savannah Sparrow
1Blue-headed Vireo
2Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Winter Wren
2Song Sparrow
1Common Grackle
2Wood Stork
1Brown Creeper
2Eastern Bluebird
4House Finch
1Common Yellowthroat
1Red-throated Loon
5Black Vulture
1Northern Harrier
1Wilson's Snipe
1Killdeer
1Fish Crow
2Clapper Rail
1Red-headed Woodpecker
2Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

January 9

1Barred Owl
2Yellow-throated Warbler
4Chimney Swift
1King Rail
4Boat-tailed Grackle
1Lesser Black-backed Gull
2Anhinga
1Loggerhead Shrike
2Golden-crowned Kinglet
2European Starling
1House Sparrow
1Black-and-white Warbler

January 8

2Ring-necked Duck
1Cooper's Hawk
1Great Horned Owl
1American Kestrel
1American Pipit
1Royal Tern

January 7

2Spotted Sandpiper
1Eastern Towhee
9Black Scoter
8Red-breasted Merganser
7Red Knot
2Purple Finch
2Hermit Thrush
1American Goldfinch
1Sedge Wren
1Long-tailed Duck

January 6

2Piping Plover
1Orange-crowned Warbler

January 5

2Rusty Blackbird
1Redhead
1Surf Scoter
1White-eyed Vireo