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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 21

8Northern Shoveler
6Gadwall
4Mallard
6Green-winged Teal
4Canvasback
8Redhead
6Ring-necked Duck
10Bufflehead
6Ruddy Duck
12Lesser Yellowlegs
4Dunlin
10Least Sandpiper
8Western Sandpiper
4Bonaparte's Gull
8Ring-billed Gull
2Pied-billed Grebe
6Wood Stork
12White Ibis
8Snowy Egret
10Great Egret
12American White Pelican
1Belted Kingfisher
4Blue Jay
1Carolina Chickadee
1Tufted Titmouse
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet
2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
6Northern Mockingbird
2House Finch
1White-crowned Sparrow
4Brown-headed Cowbird
1Black-and-white Warbler
6Yellow-rumped Warbler
4Northern Cardinal

December 20

6Blue-winged Teal
12Hooded Merganser
1Sanderling
6Laughing Gull
1Turkey Vulture
1Eastern Screech-Owl
2Eastern Phoebe
10Tree Swallow
1Song Sparrow
1Lesser Scaup
15Double-crested Cormorant
1Little Blue Heron
3Tricolored Heron
3Great Blue Heron
3Common Gallinule
24American Coot
2White-throated Sparrow
1Virginia Rail
2American Crow
1Carolina Wren
1Hermit Thrush
2American Robin
1American Wigeon
1Northern Pintail
3Mourning Dove
1Clapper Rail
1Willet
2Greater Yellowlegs
1Forster's Tern
6Black-crowned Night Heron
2Osprey
1Bald Eagle
3Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
5Downy Woodpecker
1Northern Flicker
3White-breasted Nuthatch
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Gray Catbird
1Brown Thrasher
2Eastern Bluebird
9Cedar Waxwing
1Eastern Towhee
XRed-winged Blackbird
2Pine Warbler
1Brown Pelican
1Chipping Sparrow
1Brown Creeper
2Saltmarsh Sparrow
2Common Grackle
1Palm Warbler
1Killdeer
XCommon Loon

December 19

1Greater Scaup
6Wood Duck
16Canada Goose

December 18

1Barred Owl
2Golden-crowned Kinglet
2Rusty Blackbird
2Wilson's Snipe
1Spotted Sandpiper
4Swamp Sparrow
4Mottled Duck
6Semipalmated Plover
4Piping Plover
4Long-billed Dowitcher

December 17

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

December 16

1Pileated Woodpecker
1Merlin
1Horned Grebe
1Sora
5Marsh Wren
1American Goldfinch

December 15

34Tundra Swan
XBlack-bellied Plover
2Short-billed Dowitcher