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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.

July 18

2Common Gallinule
4White Ibis
14Snowy Egret
11Great Egret
2Great Blue Heron
XYellow-billed Cuckoo
2Roseate Spoonbill
1Least Bittern
1Tricolored Heron
1Green Heron
XGreat Crested Flycatcher
XCarolina Chickadee
4Barn Swallow
XCarolina Wren
XRed-winged Blackbird
1Wood Stork
1Osprey
XAmerican Crow
2Northern Cardinal
XPainted Bunting
2Mourning Dove
5Brown Pelican
1Black-bellied Plover
XKilldeer
5Semipalmated Plover
3Wilson's Plover
1Hudsonian Whimbrel
1Short-billed Dowitcher
XSpotted Sandpiper
6Willet
2Ruddy Turnstone
6Sanderling
XLeast Sandpiper
2Laughing Gull
25Least Tern
1Black Tern
4Common Tern
5Royal Tern
1Boat-tailed Grackle
1Chuck-will's-widow
2Ruby-throated Hummingbird
2Clapper Rail
2American Coot
2American Herring Gull
1Little Blue Heron
1Turkey Vulture
2Mississippi Kite
1Belted Kingfisher
2Red-headed Woodpecker
4Blue Jay
1Tufted Titmouse
2Purple Martin
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
4Brown Thrasher
2House Finch
1Black-and-white Warbler

July 17

2Lesser Yellowlegs
2Forster's Tern
1Downy Woodpecker
1Marsh Wren
6American Robin
2Chipping Sparrow
1Common Yellowthroat
1Pine Warbler
1Anhinga
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Eastern Bluebird
2Summer Tanager
3Yellow-crowned Night Heron
2Black-crowned Night Heron
1White-eyed Vireo
2Fish Crow
1White-breasted Nuthatch
1Northern Mockingbird
4Common Grackle
1Eastern Whip-poor-will
4Pied-billed Grebe
2Double-crested Cormorant
1Red-tailed Hawk
2Red-eyed Vireo
1Brown-headed Nuthatch

July 16

1Common Nighthawk
2Western Sandpiper
5Semipalmated Sandpiper
2Chimney Swift
1American Oystercatcher
1Reddish Egret
1American White Pelican
5Brown-headed Cowbird
1Lesser Black-backed Gull
2Black Skimmer
2Red-shouldered Hawk

July 15

2Marbled Godwit
2American Woodcock
1Great Black-backed Gull
1Gull-billed Tern
2Glossy Ibis
2Seaside Sparrow
1Swainson's Warbler
3Caspian Tern
3Sandwich Tern
1Indigo Bunting
12Rock Pigeon
7Greater Yellowlegs
4Ring-billed Gull
1Yellow-throated Vireo
1Eastern Meadowlark
1Yellow-throated Warbler
1Bald Eagle
1Northern Flicker
1Northern Parula

July 14

2Eurasian Collared-Dove
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Hooded Warbler
1Prairie Warbler

July 12

XEuropean Starling
XHouse Sparrow
XAmerican Goldfinch
2Orchard Oriole
1Blue Grosbeak