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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.

June 22

9Mourning Dove
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
XKilldeer
1Double-crested Cormorant
XWhite-breasted Nuthatch
XBlue-gray Gnatcatcher
XCarolina Wren
2Eastern Bluebird
12House Finch
6Red-winged Blackbird
3Northern Cardinal
1Painted Bunting
1American Coot
2Wilson's Plover
1Short-billed Dowitcher
2Willet
2Least Sandpiper
2Ring-billed Gull
2Forster's Tern
1Pied-billed Grebe
2Least Bittern
1Black-crowned Night Heron
4Little Blue Heron
2Snowy Egret
4Great Egret
1Osprey
1Bald Eagle
1Downy Woodpecker
1White-eyed Vireo
4American Crow
1Tufted Titmouse
1Brown Thrasher
2Brown-headed Cowbird
1Eastern Whip-poor-will
2Clapper Rail
2Black-bellied Plover
1Lesser Yellowlegs
4Sanderling
2Great Black-backed Gull
1Royal Tern
4Wood Stork
6White Ibis
4Roseate Spoonbill
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
2Great Blue Heron
1Cooper's Hawk
2Belted Kingfisher
1Great Crested Flycatcher
2Blue Jay
1Carolina Chickadee
4European Starling
2Northern Mockingbird
1Orchard Oriole
1Hooded Warbler

June 21

1Dunlin
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
1Marsh Wren
1Seaside Sparrow
1Boat-tailed Grackle
1Summer Tanager
1Chuck-will's-widow
1Semipalmated Sandpiper
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Common Yellowthroat
1Yellow-throated Warbler

June 20

4Black-necked Stilt
2Loggerhead Shrike
1Eurasian Collared-Dove
4Anhinga
2Tricolored Heron
2Turkey Vulture
6Common Gallinule
2Green Heron
1Prothonotary Warbler
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
2American Oystercatcher
1Ruddy Turnstone
3Laughing Gull
7Black Skimmer
260Least Tern
3Glossy Ibis
15Brown Pelican
3Fish Crow
3Purple Martin
7Barn Swallow
6Common Grackle
2Spotted Sandpiper
2American Herring Gull
1Gull-billed Tern
1Red-headed Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Gray Catbird
1Eastern Towhee
1Black-throated Green Warbler
1Greater Yellowlegs
2Pine Warbler

June 19

1Eastern Kingbird
1Prairie Warbler
1Blue Grosbeak
1Chimney Swift
1Semipalmated Plover
1Northern Parula
4Red Knot

June 18

1Common Loon
1Indigo Bunting
1Red-eyed Vireo

June 17

1Common Nighthawk
3Eastern Screech-Owl
1American Goldfinch
1Acadian Flycatcher
2Yellow-throated Vireo
1Chipping Sparrow

June 16

7Sandwich Tern
1Common Tern