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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.

September 25

1Mourning Dove ✓
2Ruby-throated Hummingbird ✓
1Clapper Rail ✓
2American Coot ✓
2Marbled Godwit ✓
1Stilt Sandpiper ✓
2Western Sandpiper ✓
2Gull-billed Tern ✓
2Sandwich Tern ✓
4Pied-billed Grebe ✓
6Wood Stork ✓
2Great Egret ✓
4Brown Pelican ✓
4Osprey ✓
2Belted Kingfisher ✓
2Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Least Flycatcher ✓
1Yellow-throated Vireo ✓
2Blue Jay ✓
2Carolina Chickadee ✓
2Tufted Titmouse ✓
1Carolina Wren ✓
1Brown Thrasher ✓
1House Finch ✓
1Field Sparrow ✓
2Common Grackle ✓
2American Redstart ✓
1Painted Bunting ✓
2Chimney Swift ✓
5Common Gallinule ✓
1Sanderling ✓
3Laughing Gull ✓
220White Ibis ✓
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron ✓
9Snowy Egret ✓
4Great Blue Heron ✓
3Bald Eagle ✓
2Red-headed Woodpecker ✓
5Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Pileated Woodpecker ✓
8Northern Flicker ✓
1White-eyed Vireo ✓
2American Crow ✓
5Tree Swallow ✓
4Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
2Gray Catbird ✓
6Northern Mockingbird ✓
4Eastern Bluebird ✓
5Red-winged Blackbird ✓
1Northern Waterthrush ✓
2Black-and-white Warbler ✓
4Common Yellowthroat ✓
2Cape May Warbler ✓
1Northern Parula ✓
3Pine Warbler ✓
1Prairie Warbler ✓
1Black-throated Green Warbler ✓
9Northern Cardinal ✓

September 24

XDouble-crested Cormorant ✓
1Semipalmated Plover ✓
1Ring-billed Gull ✓
1Tricolored Heron ✓
3Turkey Vulture ✓
2White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
1Black-bellied Plover ✓
2Willet ✓
1Royal Tern ✓
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
3Barn Swallow ✓
1Northern Yellow Warbler ✓
1Palm Warbler ✓
1Anhinga ✓
1Merlin ✓
1Fish Crow ✓
1Forster's Tern ✓
1Black-crowned Night Heron ✓
1Little Blue Heron ✓

September 23

2Caspian Tern ✓
1House Sparrow ✓
1Sora ✓
4Killdeer ✓
1Piping Plover ✓
1Short-billed Dowitcher ✓
1Solitary Sandpiper ✓
1Black Skimmer ✓
1Common Tern ✓
1Green Heron ✓
1Eastern Kingbird ✓
1American Kestrel ✓
1Tennessee Warbler ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
1Hairy Woodpecker
3American Robin ✓
1Common Nighthawk ✓
2Lesser Yellowlegs ✓
1Parasitic Jaeger ✓
1Least Bittern ✓
1Northern Harrier ✓
1Great Crested Flycatcher ✓
1Marsh Wren ✓
2European Starling ✓
1Gray-cheeked Thrush ✓
1Swainson's Thrush ✓
4Brown-headed Cowbird ✓
1Magnolia Warbler ✓

September 22

1Wilson's Phalarope ✓
1Semipalmated Sandpiper ✓
1Seaside Sparrow ✓
1Golden-winged Warbler ✓
1Hooded Warbler ✓

September 21

2Spotted Sandpiper ✓
2Lesser Black-backed Gull ✓
2American Bittern ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
2Red-eyed Vireo ✓
1Boat-tailed Grackle ✓
1Black-throated Blue Warbler ✓

September 20

1Northern Bobwhite ✓
1American Golden-Plover ✓
1Roseate Spoonbill ✓
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
1Wild Turkey ✓
4Wilson's Snipe ✓
1Black Tern ✓
1Savannah Sparrow ✓

September 19

1American Herring Gull ✓
1Northern House Wren ✓
1Chipping Sparrow ✓
4American Oystercatcher ✓
1Great Black-backed Gull ✓
1Canada Goose ✓
1Acadian Flycatcher ✓
1Eastern Phoebe
1American Goldfinch ✓
3Greater Yellowlegs ✓
5Least Sandpiper ✓
1Summer Tanager ✓
8Bobolink ✓
1Blue Grosbeak ✓