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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.

May 16

3Killdeer
1Lesser Yellowlegs
5Semipalmated Sandpiper
2White Ibis
3Roseate Spoonbill
1Little Blue Heron
2Snowy Egret
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Red-winged Blackbird
2Brown-headed Cowbird
3Boat-tailed Grackle
1Northern Cardinal
1Painted Bunting
1Canada Goose
4Mourning Dove
4Chimney Swift
1Clapper Rail
6Common Gallinule
1Black-necked Stilt
15Semipalmated Plover
5Willet
2Greater Yellowlegs
30Least Sandpiper
5Western Sandpiper
6Least Tern
1Wood Stork
13Anhinga
1Double-crested Cormorant
1Black-crowned Night Heron
2Tricolored Heron
1Green Heron
6Great Egret
3Great Blue Heron
1Osprey
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
2Blue Jay
2American Crow
3Carolina Chickadee
6Tufted Titmouse
4Barn Swallow
1White-breasted Nuthatch
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Carolina Wren
2Brown Thrasher
1Northern Mockingbird
2House Finch
1Orchard Oriole
1Common Grackle
1Prothonotary Warbler
3Northern Parula
1Pine Warbler
4Wild Turkey
1Common Nighthawk
2Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1American Coot
4Spotted Sandpiper
6Solitary Sandpiper
4Sanderling
2Ring-billed Gull
1Black Skimmer
4Forster's Tern
4Brown Pelican
2Belted Kingfisher
1Red-headed Woodpecker
1Great Crested Flycatcher
1Fish Crow
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Eastern Bluebird

May 15

1Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
2Eurasian Collared-Dove
4Laughing Gull
2Glossy Ibis
2Least Bittern
3Turkey Vulture
2Bald Eagle
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Summer Tanager
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
2Stilt Sandpiper
1Downy Woodpecker
1American Redstart
1White-eyed Vireo
1Mallard
2Hudsonian Whimbrel
1Short-billed Dowitcher
3Pectoral Sandpiper
1Eastern Kingbird
2American Robin
1Eastern Towhee
1Yellow-breasted Chat
1Common Yellowthroat
1Magnolia Warbler
1Northern Yellow Warbler

May 14

1Dunlin
1Royal Tern
5Black-bellied Plover
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
1Red-eyed Vireo

May 13

1Mississippi Kite
2Wilson's Plover
1Ruddy Turnstone
2Sandwich Tern
XAmerican Bittern
1Swallow-tailed Kite
2Black Vulture
3Cedar Waxwing

May 12

1Sora
1White-rumped Sandpiper
1Seaside Sparrow

May 11

3Chuck-will's-widow
1Cooper's Hawk
1Rose-breasted Grosbeak
1Gull-billed Tern
1Pied-billed Grebe
1Marsh Wren
1Gray Catbird
1Hooded Warbler
4Long-billed Dowitcher
2Purple Martin

May 10

1Orange-crowned Warbler
2Piping Plover
4European Starling

May 9

1Gray-cheeked Thrush
1Black-and-white Warbler