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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.

March 4

4Bufflehead
2Hooded Merganser
1Mourning Dove
4Willet
4Sanderling
1Forster's Tern
1Red-throated Loon
4Great Egret
2Great Blue Heron
2Brown Pelican
1Osprey
1Bald Eagle
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
4Blue Jay
1Fish Crow
1Carolina Chickadee
1Tufted Titmouse
1White-breasted Nuthatch
2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Carolina Wren
2Gray Catbird
2Northern Mockingbird
1Dark-eyed Junco
1White-throated Sparrow
2Red-winged Blackbird
1Common Yellowthroat
2Yellow-rumped Warbler
4Northern Cardinal
4Green-winged Teal
4Ruddy Duck
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Clapper Rail
19American Coot
2Bonaparte's Gull
4Ring-billed Gull
1Horned Grebe
6White Ibis
1Black-crowned Night Heron
6Snowy Egret
2Belted Kingfisher
1Peregrine Falcon
1White-eyed Vireo
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
40American Robin
1Pine Siskin
1Field Sparrow
1Vesper Sparrow
2Boat-tailed Grackle
1Yellow-throated Warbler

March 3

3Northern Shoveler
6Gadwall
2Mallard
3Killdeer
5Greater Yellowlegs
2Pied-billed Grebe
15Double-crested Cormorant
1Little Blue Heron
5Tree Swallow
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet
2Eastern Bluebird
1Hermit Thrush
1Wood Thrush
1Savannah Sparrow
1Common Grackle
2Pine Warbler
1Common Gallinule
1Black-bellied Plover
1Lesser Yellowlegs
1Anhinga
1Turkey Vulture
1Downy Woodpecker
1Eastern Phoebe
1American Crow
1House Finch
1Virginia Rail
20Wilson's Snipe
4Laughing Gull
1Tricolored Heron
1Northern Flicker
1Golden-crowned Kinglet
8European Starling
2Brown Thrasher
1American Pipit
1American Goldfinch
1Nelson's Sparrow
1Orange-crowned Warbler
1Cooper's Hawk
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Cedar Waxwing
3Chipping Sparrow
4Song Sparrow
3Swamp Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
4Brown-headed Cowbird
4Dunlin
1Lesser Black-backed Gull
2Yellow-crowned Night Heron
1Black Vulture
1American Barn Owl
1Merlin
1Horned Lark
2Brown Creeper
1Marsh Wren

March 2

2Least Sandpiper
1Red-tailed Hawk
2Common Loon
1Seaside Sparrow

March 1

6Blue-winged Teal
4Short-billed Dowitcher
3Ring-necked Duck
1Black Scoter
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1Blue-headed Vireo
1Purple Finch
1Black-and-white Warbler
1Lesser Scaup
1American Herring Gull
3Common Raven
8American White Pelican
8Purple Martin
1White-crowned Sparrow
1Baltimore Oriole

February 27

1Glossy Ibis
1Wood Duck
2Western Sandpiper