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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 8

1American Oystercatcher
2Black-bellied Plover
23Semipalmated Plover
1Wilson's Plover
10Willet
18Laughing Gull
6Forster's Tern
2Common Tern
2Sandwich Tern
2Royal Tern
2Double-crested Cormorant
1Tricolored Heron
3Snowy Egret
2Green Heron
6Great Egret
11Brown Pelican
3Barn Swallow
2Clapper Rail
7American Avocet
3Short-billed Dowitcher
1Lesser Yellowlegs
1Ruddy Turnstone
XLeast Sandpiper
1Ring-billed Gull
5Wood Stork
1Roseate Spoonbill
1Little Blue Heron
1Great Blue Heron
1Osprey
1Blue Jay
1American Crow
1Carolina Chickadee
1Tufted Titmouse
1Purple Martin
2Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Carolina Wren
1Northern Cardinal
2Mourning Dove
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
2Sanderling
2Western Sandpiper
1Great Black-backed Gull
4White Ibis
2American White Pelican
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Great Crested Flycatcher
1Yellow-throated Vireo
1White-breasted Nuthatch
1Brown Thrasher
2House Finch
1Seaside Sparrow
4Red-winged Blackbird
2Brown-headed Cowbird
1Common Yellowthroat
1Indigo Bunting
1Painted Bunting
8Common Gallinule
3Anhinga
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
4Red-headed Woodpecker
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
1White-eyed Vireo
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
4Northern Mockingbird
1Eastern Bluebird
1Prothonotary Warbler

August 7

1Eurasian Collared-Dove
2American Coot
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Stilt Sandpiper
1Least Tern
4Pied-billed Grebe
1Black Vulture
1Acadian Flycatcher
2Eastern Kingbird
1Swainson's Warbler
1Pine Warbler
1Killdeer
1Turkey Vulture
1Bald Eagle
1Chuck-will's-widow
2Marbled Godwit
1Black Skimmer
1Swallow-tailed Kite
1Pileated Woodpecker
4European Starling
1Chipping Sparrow
2Common Grackle
1American Redstart

August 6

1Red-eyed Vireo
4American Robin
1Yellow-throated Warbler
1Rock Pigeon
6Hudsonian Whimbrel
1Wild Turkey
2Chimney Swift
6Black-crowned Night Heron
1Louisiana Waterthrush
2Black-necked Stilt
1Piping Plover
1Semipalmated Sandpiper
1Least Bittern

August 5

2Glossy Ibis
2Belted Kingfisher
1Gull-billed Tern

August 4

2Mississippi Kite
1Solitary Sandpiper
1Prairie Warbler
1Cooper's Hawk

August 3

3American Goldfinch
2Fish Crow
2Greater Yellowlegs
1Black Tern
1Reddish Egret
4Boat-tailed Grackle
2Eastern Whip-poor-will
1Red-shouldered Hawk

August 2

2American Herring Gull
2Blue Grosbeak

August 1

1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Worm-eating Warbler