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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 12

17Gadwall
50Green-winged Teal
1Lesser Scaup
16Bufflehead
1Common Goldeneye
4Hooded Merganser
3Ruddy Duck
2Mourning Dove
1Black-bellied Plover
2Killdeer
1Lesser Yellowlegs
1Greater Yellowlegs
6Dunlin
1Ring-billed Gull
3American Herring Gull
6Forster's Tern
3Pied-billed Grebe
1Wood Stork
2Double-crested Cormorant
3White Ibis
1Little Blue Heron
1Tricolored Heron
2Snowy Egret
3Great Egret
5Great Blue Heron
3American White Pelican
2Brown Pelican
1Osprey
1Bald Eagle
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1Downy Woodpecker
6Blue Jay
2American Crow
1Carolina Chickadee
1Tufted Titmouse
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Carolina Wren
1Brown Thrasher
1Northern Mockingbird
5American Robin
1White-throated Sparrow
20Red-winged Blackbird
2Common Grackle
7Yellow-rumped Warbler
4Northern Cardinal
2Ring-necked Duck
1Rock Pigeon
1Clapper Rail
1Common Gallinule
2Short-billed Dowitcher
1American Woodcock
2Least Sandpiper
2Horned Grebe
1Red-throated Loon
1Common Loon
2American Bittern
2Belted Kingfisher
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
2White-eyed Vireo
2Fish Crow
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Eastern Bluebird
1Nelson's Sparrow
1Rusty Blackbird

February 11

5Northern Shoveler
3American Coot
20Laughing Gull
2White-breasted Nuthatch
1House Finch
3Willet
3Tree Swallow
2American Wigeon
1Wilson's Snipe
1Northern Gannet
1Turkey Vulture
24Cedar Waxwing
1Orange-crowned Warbler
1Pine Warbler
6Spotted Sandpiper
6Sanderling
1Eastern Phoebe
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Gray Catbird
1Chipping Sparrow

February 10

4Mallard
1White-crowned Sparrow
1Seaside Sparrow
1Black-and-white Warbler
1Loggerhead Shrike
6Semipalmated Plover
1Barred Owl
1Song Sparrow

February 9

1Redhead
1Sora
40European Starling
1Mottled Duck
4Anhinga
2Black Vulture
1Long-billed Dowitcher
2Boat-tailed Grackle

February 8

2Black-crowned Night Heron
1Virginia Rail
1Swamp Sparrow
18Western Sandpiper
1Bonaparte's Gull
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Red-headed Woodpecker
1Blue-headed Vireo
1Savannah Sparrow

February 7

2Blue-winged Teal
1American Pipit

February 6

2Golden-crowned Kinglet
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Eurasian Collared-Dove
1Royal Tern
1Northern Flicker
1American Goldfinch