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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.

January 15

6Mallard
8Canvasback
8Bufflehead
12Hooded Merganser
2American Coot
4Willet
8Dunlin
4Western Sandpiper
6Ring-billed Gull
2Forster's Tern
1Red-throated Loon
6Double-crested Cormorant
6Snowy Egret
12Great Egret
8American White Pelican
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Downy Woodpecker
2Blue Jay
4American Crow
4Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Brown Thrasher
1White-throated Sparrow
1Saltmarsh Sparrow
6Common Grackle
2Yellow-rumped Warbler
4Northern Cardinal
5Northern Shoveler
6Gadwall
1Northern Pintail
30Green-winged Teal
1Redhead
4Red-breasted Merganser
4Mourning Dove
20Common Gallinule
2Black-bellied Plover
1Killdeer
15Sanderling
1Razorbill
3Bonaparte's Gull
6Laughing Gull
4American Herring Gull
2Royal Tern
5Pied-billed Grebe
2Horned Grebe
20Common Loon
5Northern Gannet
6White Ibis
2Black-crowned Night Heron
1Little Blue Heron
5Great Blue Heron
35Brown Pelican
6Turkey Vulture
2Bald Eagle
3Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Eastern Phoebe
1Blue-headed Vireo
5Carolina Chickadee
5Tufted Titmouse
75Tree Swallow
1White-breasted Nuthatch
4Carolina Wren
1Gray Catbird
2Northern Mockingbird
4Eastern Bluebird
2Hermit Thrush
12American Robin
15Cedar Waxwing
2House Finch
3Purple Finch
4American Goldfinch
6Savannah Sparrow
3Song Sparrow
35Red-winged Blackbird
1Orange-crowned Warbler
6Pine Warbler
6Ring-necked Duck
4Ruddy Duck
2Sora
2Short-billed Dowitcher
1Sharp-shinned Hawk
1Brown Creeper
1Chipping Sparrow
1Fox Sparrow
1Yellow-throated Warbler

January 14

2Lesser Scaup
6Least Sandpiper
1Eastern Screech-Owl
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Loggerhead Shrike
1Rusty Blackbird
2Blue-winged Teal
2Virginia Rail
3Wilson's Snipe
2Osprey
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1Marsh Wren
4Swamp Sparrow
2Greater Yellowlegs
2Tricolored Heron

January 13

1Red-tailed Hawk
1Barred Owl
2White-crowned Sparrow
2Long-billed Dowitcher
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Belted Kingfisher
1Clapper Rail
3Ruddy Turnstone
1Eurasian Collared-Dove

January 12

4Mottled Duck
1Semipalmated Plover
1Black Vulture
1Peregrine Falcon
1Seaside Sparrow
4Boat-tailed Grackle
1Common Goldeneye
1Wood Stork
1Fish Crow
12Brown-headed Cowbird
1Common Yellowthroat
1American Wigeon
1Common Eider
4White-winged Scoter
1Black Scoter
6Lesser Yellowlegs
1Red Knot
1Northern Harrier
1Red-headed Woodpecker
1Northern Flicker
1Golden-crowned Kinglet
1Northern House Wren
1Eastern Towhee

January 11

1Canada Goose

January 10

4American Oystercatcher
1Winter Wren

January 9

1King Rail
1Lesser Black-backed Gull
2Anhinga
2European Starling
1House Sparrow
1Black-and-white Warbler