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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.

August 20

4American Oystercatcher
6Black-bellied Plover
17Semipalmated Plover
1Marbled Godwit
5Willet
1Ruddy Turnstone
1Pectoral Sandpiper
46Laughing Gull
11Black Skimmer
4Forster's Tern
2Common Tern
1Sandwich Tern
7Wood Stork
1Tricolored Heron
5Snowy Egret
13Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
2Osprey
2Blue Jay
1American Crow
1Carolina Wren
6Carolina Chickadee
6Northern Cardinal
5Northern Mockingbird
1Eastern Bluebird
3Common Yellowthroat
5Mourning Dove
9Common Gallinule
1Sanderling
2Anhinga
5Black-crowned Night Heron
1Green Heron
3Red-headed Woodpecker
4Red-bellied Woodpecker
4Great Crested Flycatcher
2White-eyed Vireo
2Tufted Titmouse
1White-breasted Nuthatch
3Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
11Red-winged Blackbird
3Painted Bunting

August 19

2Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Clapper Rail
1Spotted Sandpiper
6House Finch
1American Goldfinch
1American Coot
2Piping Plover
1Short-billed Dowitcher
4Ring-billed Gull
4American Herring Gull
1Gull-billed Tern
2White Ibis
1Belted Kingfisher
1Red-eyed Vireo
2Boat-tailed Grackle
1American Redstart
2Semipalmated Sandpiper
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
2Summer Tanager
1Solitary Sandpiper
1Least Sandpiper
2Little Blue Heron
1Bald Eagle
1Downy Woodpecker
1Northern Flicker
1Barn Swallow
1Pine Warbler
1Eastern Whip-poor-will
1Western Sandpiper
1Pied-billed Grebe
6Brown Pelican
1Mississippi Kite
1Chipping Sparrow
4Common Grackle
1Black-and-white Warbler
4Chimney Swift
7Greater Yellowlegs
4Caspian Tern
1Black Tern
10Royal Tern
3Brown Thrasher
1Northern Waterthrush
8Black-necked Stilt
1Double-crested Cormorant
1Prairie Warbler

August 18

1Pileated Woodpecker
1Northern Parula
1Lesser Yellowlegs
4Turkey Vulture
1Red-shouldered Hawk
7Tree Swallow
3American Robin
2Blue Grosbeak

August 17

1Least Bittern
1Louisiana Waterthrush

August 16

2Least Tern
3Cliff Swallow

August 15

1Blue-winged Teal
1Prothonotary Warbler
1Swainson's Warbler

August 14

1Red-tailed Hawk
1Brown-headed Cowbird