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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 25

4Gadwall
17Green-winged Teal
3Lesser Scaup
12Bufflehead
20Hooded Merganser
3Mourning Dove
1American Coot
3Black-bellied Plover
1Killdeer
1Willet
17Greater Yellowlegs
2Bonaparte's Gull
2Ring-billed Gull
4Forster's Tern
11Double-crested Cormorant
2White Ibis
2Little Blue Heron
1Tricolored Heron
2Snowy Egret
4Great Egret
4Great Blue Heron
3American White Pelican
6Brown Pelican
3Turkey Vulture
1American Crow
1Tufted Titmouse
5Tree Swallow
1Northern Mockingbird
6Red-winged Blackbird
20Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Northern Cardinal

February 24

2Common Gallinule
2Pied-billed Grebe
1Anhinga
1Blue Jay
1Carolina Chickadee
1Gray Catbird
1Cedar Waxwing
1Pine Warbler
9Lesser Yellowlegs
1Ruddy Turnstone
4Common Loon

February 23

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

February 22

6Red-throated Loon
1Eastern Bluebird
1American Robin
1House Finch
1Chipping Sparrow
1Osprey
2Bald Eagle
1Red-tailed Hawk
3Blue-winged Teal
2Greater Scaup
1Ruddy Duck
2Carolina Wren
21Sanderling
2American Herring Gull
1Horned Grebe
2Black-crowned Night Heron
XRed-shouldered Hawk
XRed-bellied Woodpecker
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet

February 20

2Wood Duck
2Mallard
1Clapper Rail
1Belted Kingfisher
1Golden-crowned Kinglet
1Marsh Wren
1Brown Thrasher
1Hermit Thrush
1American Goldfinch
4White-throated Sparrow
1Swamp Sparrow
4Brown-headed Cowbird
13Common Grackle
1Black-and-white Warbler

February 19

1Downy Woodpecker
4Purple Finch
4Semipalmated Plover
100Short-billed Dowitcher
500Dunlin
6Ring-necked Duck
2Loggerhead Shrike