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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.

November 12

2Hooded Merganser ✓
4Ruddy Duck ✓
4Clapper Rail ✓
2American Coot ✓
2Killdeer ✓
2Wilson's Snipe ✓
1Spotted Sandpiper ✓
2Prairie Willet ✓
6Sanderling ✓
1Dunlin ✓
2Ring-billed Gull ✓
2Forster's Tern ✓
6Pied-billed Grebe ✓
2Common Loon ✓
8Wood Stork ✓
4White Ibis ✓
2Great Egret ✓
5American White Pelican ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
1Eastern Phoebe ✓
2American Crow ✓
1Carolina Chickadee ✓
1Tufted Titmouse ✓
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
1Carolina Wren ✓
1Brown Thrasher ✓
1Fox Sparrow ✓
1White-throated Sparrow ✓
2Brown-headed Cowbird ✓
2American Redstart ✓
2Northern Cardinal ✓
4Bufflehead ✓
1Mourning Dove ✓
6Short-billed Dowitcher ✓
4Western Sandpiper ✓
2Roseate Spoonbill ✓
1Green Heron ✓
1Turkey Vulture ✓
2Bald Eagle ✓
1Brown Creeper ✓
2Eastern Bluebird ✓
2House Finch ✓
1Saltmarsh Sparrow ✓

November 11

2Sandwich Tern ✓
1Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
2Blue Jay ✓
12Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
1Gray Catbird ✓
1Chipping Sparrow ✓
1White-crowned Sparrow ✓
1Common Grackle ✓
1Common Yellowthroat ✓
11Double-crested Cormorant ✓
3Little Blue Heron ✓
1Tricolored Heron ✓
1Great Blue Heron ✓
5Brown Pelican ✓
1Osprey ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
1White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
1Northern Mockingbird ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
2American Goldfinch ✓
1Baltimore Oriole ✓
2Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
1Anhinga ✓
4Snowy Egret ✓
1Fish Crow ✓
1Greater Yellowlegs ✓
1Royal Tern ✓
1Pileated Woodpecker ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓
1Barn Swallow ✓
1Hermit Thrush ✓
4Red-winged Blackbird ✓
2Caspian Tern ✓
1Eastern Screech-Owl ✓
1Merlin ✓
4European Starling ✓
1Seaside Sparrow ✓
1Gadwall ✓
1Laughing Gull ✓
2Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Blue-headed Vireo ✓
8Tree Swallow ✓
4Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
2Northern House Wren ✓
1American Robin ✓
2Song Sparrow ✓
4Swamp Sparrow ✓

November 10

1Red-breasted Merganser ✓
3Black-bellied Plover ✓
3Ruddy Turnstone ✓
4Red Knot ✓
3American Herring Gull ✓
27Green-winged Teal ✓
1Sora ✓
31Common Gallinule ✓
5Black-crowned Night Heron ✓
1Rusty Blackbird ✓
5Least Sandpiper ✓
11Semipalmated Plover ✓
1Eastern Towhee ✓

November 9

1Northern Harrier ✓
2Wilson's Plover ✓
1Peregrine Falcon ✓
2Northern Shoveler ✓
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓
2Northern Gannet ✓
1Red-headed Woodpecker ✓
4Cedar Waxwing ✓
1Lark Sparrow ✓
1Savannah Sparrow ✓
2Boat-tailed Grackle ✓
2Palm Warbler ✓
2Pine Warbler ✓

November 8

1Piping Plover ✓
2American Oystercatcher ✓
1Parasitic Jaeger ✓
1Lesser Black-backed Gull ✓
1Virginia Rail ✓
2Winter Wren ✓
1Orange-crowned Warbler ✓
14Blue-winged Teal ✓
1Mallard ✓
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird ✓

November 7

1Western Kingbird ✓

November 6

1Lesser Yellowlegs ✓
1Prairie Warbler ✓
1Nelson's Sparrow ✓