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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.

April 24

1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
2Clapper Rail
2Killdeer
2Semipalmated Plover
1Short-billed Dowitcher
4Willet
2Ring-billed Gull
2White Ibis
1Little Blue Heron
1Northern Harrier
2Belted Kingfisher
1Downy Woodpecker
1Great Crested Flycatcher
2American Crow
1Carolina Chickadee
1Tufted Titmouse
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Marsh Wren
2American Robin
1White-throated Sparrow
1Savannah Sparrow
2Red-winged Blackbird
1Cape May Warbler
1Pine Warbler
4Northern Cardinal
1Painted Bunting
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
4Snowy Egret
1Green Heron
5Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
4House Finch
1Red-breasted Merganser
1Black-bellied Plover
4Red Knot
13Sanderling
7Least Sandpiper
3Bonaparte's Gull
7Laughing Gull
6Black Skimmer
75Least Tern
7Caspian Tern
12Forster's Tern
5Sandwich Tern
32Royal Tern
1Anhinga
8Double-crested Cormorant
2Tricolored Heron
26Brown Pelican
18Tree Swallow
3Barn Swallow
2Wood Duck
2Mourning Dove
9Common Gallinule
4American Coot
2Black-necked Stilt
2Greater Yellowlegs
2Glossy Ibis
3Roseate Spoonbill
1Least Bittern
1Black-crowned Night Heron
3Black Vulture
6Turkey Vulture
1Osprey
1Bald Eagle
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Blue Jay
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Carolina Wren
1Gray Catbird
1Northern Mockingbird
2Eastern Bluebird
1Orchard Oriole
2Boat-tailed Grackle
1Black-and-white Warbler
1Prothonotary Warbler
2Northern Parula
1Yellow-throated Warbler
5Hudsonian Whimbrel
2Red-headed Woodpecker
4Fish Crow
1Brown-headed Cowbird
2Sora
1Solitary Sandpiper
4Lesser Yellowlegs
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1White-eyed Vireo
2Common Grackle
1Common Yellowthroat
1Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Scarlet Tanager
1Chuck-will's-widow
4Pied-billed Grebe
1Broad-winged Hawk
2Peregrine Falcon
1Eastern Kingbird
2European Starling
4Cedar Waxwing
1King Rail
1American Oystercatcher
3Wilson's Plover
13Ruddy Turnstone
2Dunlin
1American Herring Gull
7Northern Gannet
2Pileated Woodpecker
3Brown Thrasher
1Hermit Thrush
1Song Sparrow
1Swamp Sparrow

April 23

1Chimney Swift
2Purple Gallinule
4Piping Plover
2Wilson's Snipe
2Gull-billed Tern
1American Kestrel
1White-breasted Nuthatch
1Palm Warbler
1Marbled Godwit
1Western Sandpiper
1Red-tailed Hawk
2Merlin
1Veery
1Wood Thrush
1Black Scoter
2Long-billed Dowitcher
1Blue-headed Vireo
1Northern House Wren
1Seaside Sparrow
3Eastern Towhee
1Summer Tanager

April 22

1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Prairie Warbler
1Chipping Sparrow
1Saltmarsh Sparrow
2Stilt Sandpiper
120Semipalmated Sandpiper
1Common Tern
1Northern Bobwhite
1Wilson's Phalarope
1Blue-winged Warbler
1Hairy Woodpecker

April 21

1Common Eider
6Purple Martin
1Virginia Rail
4Canada Goose
1Common Nighthawk
1Brown Creeper
1Hooded Warbler
1American Redstart
1Blue-winged Teal
1Cooper's Hawk

April 20

1Swallow-tailed Kite
2Baltimore Oriole
1American Goldfinch
1Western Cattle-Egret

April 19

1Blue Grosbeak
1House Sparrow
1Yellow-throated Vireo
1Wild Turkey
1Red-eyed Vireo
1Northern Yellow Warbler
1Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1Nelson's Sparrow
1Yellow-breasted Chat
1Rock Pigeon
2American Woodcock
2American White Pelican

April 18

1Mallard
1Wood Stork
1Sharp-shinned Hawk