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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 3

8Northern Shoveler
11Gadwall
11Green-winged Teal
4Bufflehead
1Common Goldeneye
16Hooded Merganser
3Ruddy Duck
1Common Gallinule
1Black-bellied Plover
5Killdeer
1Ring-billed Gull
7Forster's Tern
2Pied-billed Grebe
2Double-crested Cormorant
3White Ibis
1Tricolored Heron
2Snowy Egret
3Great Blue Heron
6American White Pelican
1Turkey Vulture
1Osprey
1Bald Eagle
2American Crow
2Carolina Chickadee
1Tufted Titmouse
2Carolina Wren
30American Robin
50Red-winged Blackbird
2Pine Warbler
1Yellow-rumped Warbler
4Mourning Dove
2Greater Yellowlegs
1Little Blue Heron
2Great Egret
1Brown Pelican
1Eastern Screech-Owl
1Eastern Phoebe
4Blue Jay
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
150Cedar Waxwing
4Northern Cardinal
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1White-breasted Nuthatch
1Gray Catbird
1Hermit Thrush
1Black-and-white Warbler
2Wood Duck
60American Coot
6Black-crowned Night Heron
1Northern Mockingbird
4White-throated Sparrow
2Ring-necked Duck
8Willet
6Sanderling
4Laughing Gull
2Royal Tern
2Anhinga
2Downy Woodpecker
1White-eyed Vireo
1Brown Creeper
1Brown Thrasher
1White-crowned Sparrow
1Song Sparrow
1Rusty Blackbird
4Common Grackle

February 2

1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Eastern Bluebird

January 31

1Mallard
5Lesser Scaup
3Semipalmated Plover
1American Herring Gull
2Common Loon
1Northern Gannet
1Blue-headed Vireo
1Golden-crowned Kinglet
1Winter Wren
3Purple Finch
6Canvasback
1Black Vulture
1Horned Lark

January 30

2Clapper Rail
1Pileated Woodpecker
3House Finch
3Savannah Sparrow
1Swamp Sparrow
4Long-billed Dowitcher
2Spotted Sandpiper
6European Starling
1Seaside Sparrow
2Brown-headed Cowbird

January 29

2Bonaparte's Gull
1Belted Kingfisher

January 28

6Blue-winged Teal
1Eurasian Collared-Dove
1Sora
2Least Sandpiper