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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.

February 22

15Green-winged Teal
1Killdeer
3Ring-billed Gull
1White Ibis
4Snowy Egret
1Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
11Brown Pelican
15Tree Swallow
3Red-winged Blackbird
6Red-throated Loon
3Double-crested Cormorant
1Eastern Bluebird
1American Robin
1House Finch
1Chipping Sparrow
10Yellow-rumped Warbler
3Blue-winged Teal
2Northern Shoveler
15Gadwall
2Greater Scaup
15Bufflehead
1Ruddy Duck
9Greater Yellowlegs
2Laughing Gull
2Forster's Tern
3Pied-billed Grebe
3American White Pelican
1Osprey
2American Crow
1Carolina Chickadee
1Tufted Titmouse
2Carolina Wren
1Pine Warbler
3Mourning Dove
7Common Gallinule
7American Coot
1Willet
5Ruddy Turnstone
21Sanderling
8Bonaparte's Gull
2American Herring Gull
1Horned Grebe
1Common Loon
1Anhinga
2Black-crowned Night Heron
2Little Blue Heron
2Tricolored Heron
10Turkey Vulture
3Bald Eagle
XRed-shouldered Hawk
XRed-bellied Woodpecker
2Blue Jay
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
XGray Catbird
XCedar Waxwing
1Northern Cardinal

February 20

2Wood Duck
2Mallard
7Lesser Scaup
6Hooded Merganser
1Clapper Rail
1Belted Kingfisher
1Golden-crowned Kinglet
1Marsh Wren
1Brown Thrasher
1Northern Mockingbird
1Hermit Thrush
1American Goldfinch
4White-throated Sparrow
1Swamp Sparrow
4Brown-headed Cowbird
13Common Grackle
1Black-and-white Warbler

February 19

3Black-bellied Plover
2White-breasted Nuthatch
1Downy Woodpecker
4Purple Finch
4Semipalmated Plover
100Short-billed Dowitcher
500Dunlin
6Ring-necked Duck
2Loggerhead Shrike
1Wild Turkey
2Lesser Yellowlegs
1Red Knot
4Least Sandpiper
1Pileated Woodpecker
2Blue-headed Vireo
1Brown Creeper
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

February 18

4Long-billed Dowitcher
4Fish Crow
1Seaside Sparrow
1Black Vulture
1Boat-tailed Grackle
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1Song Sparrow
2Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
4Piping Plover
2Royal Tern
1Northern Gannet
1Eastern Phoebe
1Nelson's Sparrow

February 17

1Barred Owl
1Northern Flicker
2Canada Goose
1Redhead
1Eastern Towhee
2Common Yellowthroat
2Spotted Sandpiper
1Saltmarsh Sparrow

February 16

1Red-headed Woodpecker
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Cooper's Hawk
1Fox Sparrow
1Surf Scoter
1White-winged Scoter
4Black Scoter
2American Oystercatcher
1Parasitic Jaeger
1American Kestrel
2Savannah Sparrow
1Common Goldeneye
4Wilson's Snipe
2Vesper Sparrow
1American Woodcock