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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.

December 30

4Northern Shoveler
2Gadwall
1Northern Pintail
6Ring-necked Duck
6Bufflehead
4Hooded Merganser
2Clapper Rail
2Semipalmated Plover
1Ruddy Turnstone
4Ring-billed Gull
2Forster's Tern
4Double-crested Cormorant
8White Ibis
1Little Blue Heron
1Tricolored Heron
6American White Pelican
1Bald Eagle
1Barred Owl
1Downy Woodpecker
1Northern Flicker
2Eastern Phoebe
1Carolina Chickadee
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
19Savannah Sparrow
1Common Yellowthroat
4Yellow-rumped Warbler
2Northern Cardinal
2American Wigeon
15Green-winged Teal
4Lesser Scaup
1Common Eider
1Red-breasted Merganser
18Ruddy Duck
1Mourning Dove
4American Coot
2Willet
15Sanderling
1Bonaparte's Gull
18Black Skimmer
2Pied-billed Grebe
3Horned Grebe
12Red-throated Loon
4Common Loon
2Snowy Egret
4Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
16Brown Pelican
2Black Vulture
7Turkey Vulture
3Osprey
1Belted Kingfisher
2Northern Mockingbird
3House Finch
1Common Goldeneye
1Black-bellied Plover
6Short-billed Dowitcher
3Greater Yellowlegs
50Dunlin
14Tree Swallow
4Mallard
2Virginia Rail
4Spotted Sandpiper
6Wood Stork
1Green Heron
1White-eyed Vireo
2Blue Jay
2Fish Crow
1White-breasted Nuthatch
1Marsh Wren
1American Robin
1Chipping Sparrow
1Rusty Blackbird
1Boat-tailed Grackle

December 29

6Least Sandpiper
2Western Sandpiper
4Laughing Gull
1Eastern Screech-Owl
2White-throated Sparrow
1Pine Warbler
1Common Merganser

December 28

4Common Gallinule
1American Herring Gull
5Northern Gannet
1American Bittern
5Black-crowned Night Heron
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Blue-headed Vireo
1American Crow
5Tufted Titmouse
1Carolina Wren
1Eastern Bluebird
1Field Sparrow
25Red-winged Blackbird
2Black-and-white Warbler
1Orange-crowned Warbler
1Long-billed Dowitcher
1Lesser Yellowlegs
6Wilson's Snipe
2White-crowned Sparrow
18Brown Thrasher

December 27

2Golden-crowned Kinglet
1Brown Creeper
2Common Grackle
2Brown-headed Nuthatch
2Gray Catbird
2Song Sparrow
2Eastern Towhee
4Blue-winged Teal
1Wild Turkey

December 26

7Canvasback
2Redhead
1Pileated Woodpecker
2Swamp Sparrow

December 25

1American Oystercatcher
1American Kestrel
1Purple Finch

December 24

2Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
2American Woodcock
2Brown-headed Cowbird