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Recent reports from Huntington Beach State Park, Murrells Inlet US-SC 33.50734, -79.06606

Only the most recent report per species is shown. Some reports may be pending verification.

October 21

4Ruddy Duck
1Mourning Dove ✓
6Clapper Rail ✓
11Common Gallinule ✓
6American Coot ✓
4Semipalmated Plover ✓
3Laughing Gull ✓
30Ring-billed Gull ✓
5Forster's Tern ✓
29Wood Stork ✓
5Double-crested Cormorant ✓
7White Ibis ✓
1Roseate Spoonbill ✓
3Little Blue Heron ✓
8Tricolored Heron ✓
3Snowy Egret ✓
4Great Egret ✓
4Great Blue Heron ✓
1Turkey Vulture ✓
1Osprey ✓
1Bald Eagle ✓
2Belted Kingfisher ✓
1Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Downy Woodpecker ✓
2Northern Flicker ✓
1Merlin ✓
1Eastern Phoebe ✓
3Blue Jay ✓
1American Crow ✓
1Fish Crow ✓
1Carolina Chickadee ✓
1Tufted Titmouse ✓
60Tree Swallow ✓
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
1Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
1Northern House Wren ✓
1Marsh Wren ✓
1Carolina Wren ✓
5Gray Catbird ✓
1Brown Thrasher ✓
2Northern Mockingbird ✓
1Eastern Bluebird ✓
1American Robin ✓
2House Finch ✓
2Dark-eyed Junco ✓
1White-throated Sparrow ✓
1Song Sparrow ✓
1Red-winged Blackbird ✓
1Brown-headed Cowbird ✓
1Boat-tailed Grackle ✓
1Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
4Northern Cardinal ✓

October 20

2Blue-winged Teal ✓
2Spotted Sandpiper ✓
1Willet ✓
1Sanderling ✓
1Least Sandpiper ✓
2American Herring Gull ✓
1Northern Harrier ✓
1Pileated Woodpecker ✓
1Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓

October 19

3Dunlin ✓
1Green Heron ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1House Sparrow ✓
1Seaside Sparrow ✓
1Common Grackle ✓

October 18

9Gadwall ✓
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
2Black-bellied Plover ✓
2Black-crowned Night Heron ✓
2Brown Pelican ✓
1American Goldfinch ✓
1Northern Yellow Warbler ✓
1Pine Warbler ✓