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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.

January 2

1Eastern Screech-Owl
6Northern Shoveler
4Ring-necked Duck
8Bufflehead
10Hooded Merganser
1Clapper Rail
1Sora
1Black-bellied Plover
4Willet
2Least Sandpiper
6Ring-billed Gull
1Great Black-backed Gull
2Horned Grebe
6White Ibis
1American Bittern
2Little Blue Heron
8Snowy Egret
6Great Egret
10American White Pelican
1Bald Eagle
1Belted Kingfisher
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
2Eastern Phoebe
1Tufted Titmouse
1Golden-crowned Kinglet
1Marsh Wren
2White-crowned Sparrow
1Orange-crowned Warbler
4Yellow-rumped Warbler
XGadwall
XGreen-winged Teal
XGreater Scaup
XRuddy Duck
XGreater Yellowlegs
XDunlin
XBonaparte's Gull
XForster's Tern
XPied-billed Grebe
XDouble-crested Cormorant
XTricolored Heron
XGreat Blue Heron
XBrown Pelican
XOsprey
XAmerican Crow
XNorthern Mockingbird
XEastern Bluebird
XHouse Finch
XRed-winged Blackbird
XPine Warbler
XNorthern Cardinal
2Laughing Gull
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Blue Jay
1American Robin
7Common Grackle
4Lesser Scaup
4American Coot
2Carolina Chickadee
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Gray Catbird
2Lesser Yellowlegs
1Tree Swallow
6Blue-winged Teal
4Canvasback
1Mourning Dove
2Virginia Rail
9Common Gallinule
4Sanderling
6Western Sandpiper
8Wood Stork
1Black-crowned Night Heron
2Turkey Vulture
2Downy Woodpecker
1Blue-headed Vireo
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet
2Carolina Wren
1Hermit Thrush
1Song Sparrow
5Brown-headed Cowbird
2Rusty Blackbird

January 1

2Redhead
4Red-breasted Merganser
1Killdeer
1Red Knot
2Anhinga
1Winter Wren
1Prairie Warbler
2Northern Pintail
1Green Heron
1Boat-tailed Grackle
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1White-breasted Nuthatch
1Common Goldeneye
2White-throated Sparrow
1Common Loon
14Canada Goose
1Pileated Woodpecker
2Fish Crow
2Chipping Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
1Barred Owl
6Northern Gannet
1Swamp Sparrow
8American Wigeon
1White-winged Scoter
39Black Scoter
2American Oystercatcher
26Semipalmated Plover
6Short-billed Dowitcher
19Ruddy Turnstone
2Purple Sandpiper
8American Herring Gull
5Royal Tern
1Red-throated Loon
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Cedar Waxwing
1Vesper Sparrow
26Savannah Sparrow

December 31

2Yellow-throated Warbler
1Cooper's Hawk
1White-eyed Vireo
1Northern House Wren
2Saltmarsh Sparrow
2Black-and-white Warbler
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Northern Flicker
1Purple Finch

December 30

1Common Yellowthroat
1Common Eider
18Black Skimmer
2Black Vulture
1Red-tailed Hawk
4Mallard

December 28

1Baltimore Oriole
1Field Sparrow
1Long-billed Dowitcher
6Wilson's Snipe
18Brown Thrasher

December 27

1Brown Creeper
1Wild Turkey