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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 23

6Green-winged Teal
6Lesser Scaup
4Bufflehead
3Greater Yellowlegs
10American White Pelican
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Northern Flicker
1Blue Jay
2Marsh Wren
6Blue-winged Teal
4Gadwall
2Canvasback
6Ring-necked Duck
2Long-tailed Duck
6Ruddy Duck
1Mourning Dove
2Killdeer
4Piping Plover
6Lesser Yellowlegs
2Ring-billed Gull
1Forster's Tern
4Pied-billed Grebe
6Wood Stork
4White Ibis
6Snowy Egret
8Great Egret
1Turkey Vulture
1Downy Woodpecker
1Carolina Chickadee
1Tufted Titmouse
4Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
2Northern Mockingbird
1House Finch
2White-throated Sparrow
12Common Grackle
1Common Yellowthroat
4Yellow-rumped Warbler
2Northern Cardinal

December 22

2Northern Shoveler
2Hooded Merganser
7Double-crested Cormorant
1American Coot
12Dunlin
1Bald Eagle
1Eastern Screech-Owl
2Blue-headed Vireo
6American Crow
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Winter Wren
1Carolina Wren
1White-crowned Sparrow
2Red-winged Blackbird
1Black-and-white Warbler
1Prairie Warbler
XTricolored Heron
XGreat Blue Heron
1Brown Pelican
3Osprey
2Belted Kingfisher
XYellow-bellied Sapsucker
XTree Swallow
1Golden-crowned Kinglet
2Brown Creeper
XAmerican Robin
2Cedar Waxwing
XPine Warbler
1Little Blue Heron
4Northern Pintail
4Semipalmated Plover
6Least Sandpiper
4Western Sandpiper
2Eastern Phoebe

December 21

4Mallard
8Redhead
4Bonaparte's Gull
4Brown-headed Cowbird

December 20

1Sanderling
6Laughing Gull
1Song Sparrow
3Common Gallinule
1Virginia Rail
1Hermit Thrush
1American Wigeon
1Clapper Rail
1Willet
6Black-crowned Night Heron
3White-breasted Nuthatch
1Gray Catbird
1Brown Thrasher
2Eastern Bluebird
1Eastern Towhee
1Chipping Sparrow
2Saltmarsh Sparrow
1Palm Warbler
XCommon Loon

December 19

1Greater Scaup
6Wood Duck
16Canada Goose

December 18

1Barred Owl
2Rusty Blackbird
2Wilson's Snipe
1Spotted Sandpiper
4Swamp Sparrow
4Mottled Duck
4Long-billed Dowitcher

December 17

6Sandhill Crane
1Seaside Sparrow
XRoyal Tern
XAnhinga
XBlack Vulture
XRed-shouldered Hawk

December 16

1Pileated Woodpecker
1Merlin