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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.

May 26

1Mourning Dove
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
2American Coot
1Willet
4Sanderling
2Ring-billed Gull
2Royal Tern
4White Ibis
2Great Egret
2Belted Kingfisher
1Downy Woodpecker
1Eastern Kingbird
2Blue Jay
2Carolina Chickadee
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Northern Mockingbird
4American Robin
2Red-winged Blackbird
2Boat-tailed Grackle
1Black-and-white Warbler
2Painted Bunting
XCommon Gallinule
XSemipalmated Plover
XSemipalmated Sandpiper
XLeast Tern
XAnhinga
XRoseate Spoonbill
XLittle Blue Heron
XSnowy Egret
XGreen Heron
XGreat Blue Heron
XOsprey
XAmerican Crow
XTufted Titmouse
XBarn Swallow
XCarolina Wren
XBrown Thrasher
XBrown-headed Cowbird
XCommon Grackle
XNorthern Parula
XPine Warbler
XNorthern Cardinal
4Black-bellied Plover
3Wood Stork
2American Oystercatcher
4Wilson's Plover
19Ruddy Turnstone
8Laughing Gull
1Black Skimmer
3Double-crested Cormorant
2Brown Pelican
1Marsh Wren
2Chimney Swift
4Killdeer
2Caspian Tern
1Pied-billed Grebe
2Tricolored Heron
1Swallow-tailed Kite
2White-eyed Vireo
2Gray Catbird
2House Finch
1Common Yellowthroat
1Chestnut-sided Warbler

May 25

2Western Sandpiper
1Red-headed Woodpecker
6European Starling
1Seaside Sparrow
1Prothonotary Warbler
1Hooded Warbler
1Chuck-will's-widow
1Spotted Sandpiper
2White-rumped Sandpiper
4American Herring Gull
2Gull-billed Tern
2Glossy Ibis
1Bald Eagle
5Greater Yellowlegs
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
4Great Crested Flycatcher
1Summer Tanager

May 24

1Wood Duck
7Least Sandpiper
1Mississippi Kite
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
1Fish Crow
1Purple Martin
1Sandwich Tern
2Red-breasted Merganser
2Black-necked Stilt
4Hudsonian Whimbrel
2Black Vulture
1Turkey Vulture
1House Sparrow
2Clapper Rail
6Eastern Bluebird
1Mallard
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
1Orchard Oriole
1Stilt Sandpiper

May 23

1Red-tailed Hawk
1American Goldfinch
1Eurasian Collared-Dove
1Wood Thrush
2Least Bittern
1Black-crowned Night Heron
1Blue Grosbeak

May 22

4Solitary Sandpiper
2Dunlin
1Willow Flycatcher
1Red-eyed Vireo
1Chipping Sparrow
2Forster's Tern

May 21

1White-breasted Nuthatch
1Great Black-backed Gull
1Savannah Sparrow
2Lesser Yellowlegs
1Eastern Whip-poor-will
1Blue-winged Warbler

May 20

1Barred Owl
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Gray-cheeked Thrush
1American Redstart