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Recent reports from Huntington Beach State Park, Murrells Inlet US-SC 33.51271, -79.07121

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

January 4

8Northern Shoveler
12Gadwall
26Green-winged Teal
7Lesser Scaup
12Bufflehead
1Common Goldeneye
20Hooded Merganser
3Ruddy Duck
5Mourning Dove
2Clapper Rail
30Common Gallinule
20American Coot
1Black-bellied Plover
20Greater Yellowlegs
4Bonaparte's Gull
2Laughing Gull
2Ring-billed Gull
6Forster's Tern
4Pied-billed Grebe
20Double-crested Cormorant
2White Ibis
3Black-crowned Night Heron
3Little Blue Heron
2Tricolored Heron
1Snowy Egret
12Great Egret
6Great Blue Heron
20American White Pelican
1Brown Pelican
3Turkey Vulture
3Osprey
1Bald Eagle
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Eastern Screech-Owl
1Belted Kingfisher
5Red-bellied Woodpecker
3Downy Woodpecker
1Hairy Woodpecker
2Pileated Woodpecker
1Northern Flicker
2Eastern Phoebe
1White-eyed Vireo
2Blue Jay
2American Crow
5Fish Crow
50Carolina Chickadee
30Tufted Titmouse
20Tree Swallow
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Golden-crowned Kinglet
2White-breasted Nuthatch
2Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Brown Creeper
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Northern House Wren
1Winter Wren
1Marsh Wren
3Carolina Wren
2Gray Catbird
1Northern Mockingbird
1Eastern Bluebird
2Hermit Thrush
2American Robin
2House Finch
20White-throated Sparrow
2Song Sparrow
2Swamp Sparrow
4Eastern Towhee
25Red-winged Blackbird
1Black-and-white Warbler
2Orange-crowned Warbler
5Pine Warbler
60Yellow-rumped Warbler
4Northern Cardinal