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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.

May 24

1Mallard
10Semipalmated Plover
1Greater Yellowlegs
11Sanderling
2Wood Stork
6Anhinga
2Double-crested Cormorant
5White Ibis
5Roseate Spoonbill
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
3Tricolored Heron
4Snowy Egret
7Great Egret
2Great Blue Heron
17Brown Pelican
1Bald Eagle
1American Crow
1Carolina Chickadee
5Barn Swallow
1Orchard Oriole
3Boat-tailed Grackle
3Northern Cardinal
2Painted Bunting
2Mourning Dove
2American Coot
4Ruddy Turnstone
2White-rumped Sandpiper
6Semipalmated Sandpiper
1Ring-billed Gull
1Little Blue Heron
1Red-headed Woodpecker
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
3Black-necked Stilt

May 23

3Black Skimmer
2Fish Crow
1Brown Thrasher
6Red-winged Blackbird
2Ruby-throated Hummingbird
2Killdeer
2Willet
4Pied-billed Grebe
1Swallow-tailed Kite
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Great Crested Flycatcher
2Blue Jay
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
2Northern Mockingbird
4Common Grackle
2Tufted Titmouse
2Carolina Wren
2House Finch
1American Goldfinch
1Osprey
1Eastern Bluebird
1Eurasian Collared-Dove
1Chuck-will's-widow
1Clapper Rail
2Black-bellied Plover
2Spotted Sandpiper
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1White-eyed Vireo
1Wood Thrush
4American Robin
3Chimney Swift
7Common Gallinule
2Laughing Gull
2Least Bittern
1Black-crowned Night Heron
1Green Heron
1Downy Woodpecker
3Brown-headed Cowbird
1Prothonotary Warbler
3Pine Warbler
1Blue Grosbeak

May 22

4Solitary Sandpiper
2Stilt Sandpiper
2Dunlin
2Royal Tern
1Willow Flycatcher
1Red-eyed Vireo
1Chipping Sparrow
1Seaside Sparrow
1Black-and-white Warbler
2Least Sandpiper
1Gull-billed Tern
2Forster's Tern
2Hudsonian Whimbrel
1Summer Tanager

May 21

1White-breasted Nuthatch
2Western Sandpiper
1Great Black-backed Gull
1Savannah Sparrow
1Least Tern
1Turkey Vulture
2Lesser Yellowlegs
2Eastern Wood-Pewee
5Northern Parula
2Purple Martin
2Red-breasted Merganser
1Eastern Whip-poor-will
2Glossy Ibis
4European Starling
2Gray Catbird
1Blue-winged Warbler

May 20

1Barred Owl
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Eastern Kingbird
1Gray-cheeked Thrush
1Common Yellowthroat
1American Redstart
1Marsh Wren
3Wilson's Plover

May 19

1Purple Gallinule
1Short-billed Dowitcher
1Belted Kingfisher
2Indigo Bunting
3Tree Swallow
2Canada Goose
4Black Scoter
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Great Horned Owl
2Wood Duck
1Common Nighthawk
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Yellow-breasted Chat

May 18

1Yellow-throated Vireo
2American Oystercatcher
2American Herring Gull
1Broad-winged Hawk

May 17

1Eastern Towhee