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Recent reports from Huntington Beach State Park, Murrells Inlet US-SC 33.51257, -79.05178

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

January 9

2Blue-winged Teal
6Northern Shoveler
6Gadwall
30Green-winged Teal
4Lesser Scaup
3Black Scoter
6Bufflehead
15Hooded Merganser
7Ruddy Duck
4Mourning Dove
1Sora
20Common Gallinule
29American Coot
6Black-bellied Plover
50Semipalmated Plover
1Short-billed Dowitcher
2Willet
6Greater Yellowlegs
8Ruddy Turnstone
5Sanderling
50Dunlin
4Least Sandpiper
30Bonaparte's Gull
20Laughing Gull
10Ring-billed Gull
2American Herring Gull
6Forster's Tern
1Royal Tern
15Pied-billed Grebe
2Horned Grebe
8Double-crested Cormorant
3White Ibis
1Black-crowned Night Heron
13Little Blue Heron
6Tricolored Heron
1Snowy Egret
8Great Egret
3Great Blue Heron
6American White Pelican
50Brown Pelican
1Turkey Vulture
3Osprey
1Bald Eagle
2Red-shouldered Hawk
2Belted Kingfisher
5Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Downy Woodpecker
1Hairy Woodpecker
2Northern Flicker
1Eastern Phoebe
12Blue Jay
6American Crow
1Fish Crow
12Carolina Chickadee
8Tufted Titmouse
3Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Golden-crowned Kinglet
6White-breasted Nuthatch
3Brown-headed Nuthatch
2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Northern House Wren
5Carolina Wren
3Gray Catbird
1Brown Thrasher
2Northern Mockingbird
2Eastern Bluebird
1Hermit Thrush
1House Sparrow
6House Finch
2Dark-eyed Junco
25White-throated Sparrow
4Savannah Sparrow
11Song Sparrow
3Swamp Sparrow
2Eastern Towhee
15Red-winged Blackbird
2Orange-crowned Warbler
6Pine Warbler
100Yellow-rumped Warbler
8Northern Cardinal