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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.

February 27

7Gadwall
15Green-winged Teal
38Bufflehead
5Common Gallinule
3American Coot
2Anhinga
2Double-crested Cormorant
1White Ibis
1Glossy Ibis
3Black-crowned Night Heron
7Brown Pelican
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
2Blue Jay
2American Crow
3Carolina Chickadee
100Tree Swallow
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Carolina Wren
1Gray Catbird
1Northern Mockingbird
1American Robin
3Cedar Waxwing
10House Finch
5White-throated Sparrow
1Song Sparrow
1Swamp Sparrow
5Red-winged Blackbird
2Common Grackle
1Pine Warbler
3Yellow-rumped Warbler
3Northern Cardinal
8Mallard
2Mourning Dove
1Snowy Egret
2Great Egret
2Great Blue Heron
2American White Pelican
1Eastern Bluebird

February 25

3Lesser Scaup
20Hooded Merganser
3Black-bellied Plover
1Killdeer
1Willet
17Greater Yellowlegs
2Bonaparte's Gull
2Ring-billed Gull
4Forster's Tern
2Little Blue Heron
1Tricolored Heron
3Turkey Vulture
1Tufted Titmouse

February 24

2Pied-billed Grebe
9Lesser Yellowlegs
1Ruddy Turnstone
4Common Loon

February 23

1Northern Shoveler
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Laughing Gull
1Caspian Tern
1White-breasted Nuthatch
1Field Sparrow

February 22

6Red-throated Loon
1Chipping Sparrow
1Osprey
2Bald Eagle
1Red-tailed Hawk
3Blue-winged Teal
2Greater Scaup
1Ruddy Duck
21Sanderling
2American Herring Gull
1Horned Grebe
XRed-shouldered Hawk
XRed-bellied Woodpecker