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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 11

1Common Nighthawk
3Chuck-will's-widow
1Black-necked Stilt
5Killdeer
8Semipalmated Plover
1Hudsonian Whimbrel
1Spotted Sandpiper
2Willet
9Least Sandpiper
1Anhinga
3Roseate Spoonbill
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
1Tricolored Heron
2Great Egret
1Brown Pelican
1Turkey Vulture
1Cooper's Hawk
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Great Crested Flycatcher
3Carolina Chickadee
12Barn Swallow
1Carolina Wren
1Brown Thrasher
1Northern Mockingbird
1Pine Warbler
4Northern Cardinal
2Painted Bunting
3Mourning Dove
1Clapper Rail
15Semipalmated Sandpiper
2Snowy Egret
1American Crow
10Red-winged Blackbird
2Brown-headed Cowbird
1Common Grackle
3Double-crested Cormorant
1Blue Jay
1Tufted Titmouse
2House Finch
14Common Gallinule
1White Ibis
3Little Blue Heron
1Green Heron
1Osprey
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Orchard Oriole
1Prothonotary Warbler
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
5Black-bellied Plover
1Solitary Sandpiper
2Greater Yellowlegs
1Least Bittern
1Great Blue Heron
1Bald Eagle
1Red-headed Woodpecker
2Fish Crow
1White-breasted Nuthatch
2Boat-tailed Grackle
1Rose-breasted Grosbeak
3Chimney Swift
1American Coot
1Lesser Yellowlegs
1Laughing Gull
1Downy Woodpecker
3White-eyed Vireo
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
2Eastern Bluebird
2Northern Parula
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
4Sanderling
4Western Sandpiper
2Ring-billed Gull
1Black Skimmer
1Gull-billed Tern
2Sandwich Tern
1Pied-billed Grebe
1Marsh Wren
1Gray Catbird
1Hooded Warbler
13Short-billed Dowitcher
4Long-billed Dowitcher
1Stilt Sandpiper
6Dunlin
1White-rumped Sandpiper
1Royal Tern
1Pileated Woodpecker
2Purple Martin
1Wild Turkey
1Eurasian Collared-Dove
1Least Tern
1Glossy Ibis
1Seaside Sparrow
1Common Yellowthroat

May 10

1Eastern Kingbird
4Wood Stork
1Orange-crowned Warbler
2Piping Plover
1American Robin
1Summer Tanager
2Forster's Tern
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1American Redstart
1Swallow-tailed Kite
4European Starling
1Eastern Towhee

May 9

2Belted Kingfisher
1Gray-cheeked Thrush
1Black-and-white Warbler
1Black-crowned Night Heron
1Sandhill Crane
1Wilson's Plover
1Hairy Woodpecker
1Wood Duck
1Mallard
1Red-eyed Vireo
1Yellow-breasted Chat
1Baltimore Oriole
1Northern Waterthrush
1Willow Flycatcher
1Saltmarsh Sparrow

May 8

1Eastern Screech-Owl
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
1Sora
1Blue-winged Warbler
1King Rail
1Yellow-throated Vireo
2Tree Swallow
1Ovenbird
1Swainson's Warbler
1Northern Yellow Warbler
1Blackpoll Warbler
1Black-throated Blue Warbler
1Blue Grosbeak

May 7

2American Bittern
2Prairie Warbler
1Bobolink
1Eastern Whip-poor-will
1Wilson's Phalarope
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Chestnut-sided Warbler

May 6

1Nelson's Sparrow
5Ruddy Turnstone
1Wood Thrush
1Blue-headed Vireo

May 5

2Bonaparte's Gull
XHouse Sparrow
2American White Pelican
1Chipping Sparrow