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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 16

2Mourning Dove
2Ruby-throated Hummingbird
4Laughing Gull
2Anhinga
4White Ibis
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
1Little Blue Heron
1Tricolored Heron
4Snowy Egret
4Great Egret
1Osprey
1Mississippi Kite
3Red-headed Woodpecker
2Carolina Chickadee
2Tufted Titmouse
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
3Carolina Wren
2Northern Mockingbird
3House Finch
4Northern Cardinal
1Painted Bunting
4American Oystercatcher
1Willet
2Ruddy Turnstone
24Sanderling
1Forster's Tern
2Common Tern
4Sandwich Tern
29Royal Tern
2Green Heron
4Brown Pelican
100Barn Swallow
1Black Skimmer
1Blue Jay

August 15

1Great Blue Heron
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
1White-breasted Nuthatch
2Eastern Bluebird
1Short-billed Dowitcher
15Wood Stork
1Blue-winged Teal
1Black-crowned Night Heron
1White-eyed Vireo
1Common Yellowthroat
2Chimney Swift
8Common Gallinule
1Belted Kingfisher
5Great Crested Flycatcher
4Red-eyed Vireo
3American Crow
8Red-winged Blackbird
1Louisiana Waterthrush
1Black-and-white Warbler
1Prothonotary Warbler
1Swainson's Warbler
1Prairie Warbler

August 14

1Semipalmated Plover
2Least Sandpiper
1Ring-billed Gull
1Pine Warbler
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Tree Swallow
1Brown-headed Cowbird

August 13

1Clapper Rail
24Black-bellied Plover
5Wilson's Plover
6Hudsonian Whimbrel
2Long-billed Dowitcher
9Spotted Sandpiper
2Lesser Yellowlegs
14Greater Yellowlegs
1Pectoral Sandpiper
3Western Sandpiper
6Semipalmated Sandpiper
3Great Black-backed Gull
8Least Tern
5Gull-billed Tern
3Caspian Tern
4Black Tern
9Glossy Ibis

August 12

1Turkey Vulture
1Bald Eagle
1American Redstart
2Roseate Spoonbill
3Piping Plover
1Purple Martin

August 11

1American Herring Gull
1American Coot
2Pied-billed Grebe
4Common Grackle
1Marbled Godwit
1Wood Thrush
1Pileated Woodpecker
2House Sparrow
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
4Brown Thrasher
2American Robin
1Seaside Sparrow
1Northern Parula

August 10

2Yellow-throated Warbler
1Solitary Sandpiper
2Double-crested Cormorant
2Stilt Sandpiper
1Black Vulture
1Chipping Sparrow