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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.

July 24

6Mourning Dove
13Wood Stork
1Anhinga
1Glossy Ibis
1Roseate Spoonbill
1Green Heron
8Great Egret
2Great Blue Heron
2Red-headed Woodpecker
1Carolina Chickadee
2Tufted Titmouse
5Barn Swallow
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Carolina Wren
1House Finch
1Red-winged Blackbird
6Northern Cardinal
2Painted Bunting
1Osprey
1Eurasian Collared-Dove
2Eastern Whip-poor-will
2Ruby-throated Hummingbird
2American Coot
2Black-bellied Plover
4Killdeer
2Spotted Sandpiper
4Willet
2Sanderling
2Ring-billed Gull
1Black Tern
2Pied-billed Grebe
1Double-crested Cormorant
1Little Blue Heron
4Snowy Egret
1Turkey Vulture
1Great Crested Flycatcher
2Blue Jay
4American Crow
4Northern Mockingbird
1Chipping Sparrow
4Brown-headed Cowbird
1Hooded Warbler
1Mallard
3Clapper Rail
7Common Gallinule
1American Oystercatcher
7Hudsonian Whimbrel
17Short-billed Dowitcher
3Least Sandpiper
3Least Tern
6White Ibis
3Yellow-crowned Night Heron
8Black-crowned Night Heron
5Tricolored Heron
3Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
2White-eyed Vireo
15Purple Martin
1White-breasted Nuthatch
1Seaside Sparrow
2Common Grackle
1Pine Warbler
1Common Nighthawk
4Chimney Swift
2Greater Yellowlegs
4Laughing Gull
5Royal Tern
15Brown Pelican
1Brown Thrasher

July 23

1Least Bittern
2American Herring Gull
2Forster's Tern
2Mississippi Kite
1Belted Kingfisher
1Downy Woodpecker
1Yellow-throated Vireo
2Summer Tanager
5Semipalmated Plover
1Wilson's Plover
3Ruddy Turnstone
1Black Skimmer
2Common Tern
4Sandwich Tern

July 22

1Red-tailed Hawk
1Eastern Kingbird
2European Starling
2Semipalmated Sandpiper

July 21

1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Red-eyed Vireo
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
4American Robin
5Eastern Bluebird
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
2Chuck-will's-widow
1Piping Plover

July 20

1Swallow-tailed Kite

July 19

1Magnificent Frigatebird
2Lesser Yellowlegs
1Gull-billed Tern
1Yellow-throated Warbler
2Bald Eagle
1Indigo Bunting
2Fish Crow
1Prothonotary Warbler

July 18

1Boat-tailed Grackle
1Black-and-white Warbler