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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.

November 21

12Bufflehead
10Hooded Merganser
1Clapper Rail
12Least Sandpiper
4Western Sandpiper
8Bonaparte's Gull
6Ring-billed Gull
12Wood Stork
6Double-crested Cormorant
12White Ibis
8Great Egret
2American White Pelican
1Bald Eagle
1Eastern Phoebe
2Blue Jay
1Carolina Chickadee
1Tufted Titmouse
6Ruby-crowned Kinglet
2Gray Catbird
2Northern Mockingbird
1White-throated Sparrow
1Song Sparrow
8Yellow-rumped Warbler
2Northern Cardinal
15Green-winged Teal
2Greater Scaup
XRuddy Duck
XWild Turkey
1Mourning Dove
1Virginia Rail
2Sora
XAmerican Coot
XSpotted Sandpiper
1Willet
10Dunlin
6Pied-billed Grebe
XNorthern Gannet
4Roseate Spoonbill
6Little Blue Heron
8Tricolored Heron
2Snowy Egret
3Osprey
1Cooper's Hawk
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Belted Kingfisher
3Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
2Northern Flicker
8American Crow
XTree Swallow
1Golden-crowned Kinglet
1White-breasted Nuthatch
1Marsh Wren
3Carolina Wren
1Eastern Bluebird
2Hermit Thrush
1American Robin
1American Pipit
6House Finch
1Vesper Sparrow
2Swamp Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
XRed-winged Blackbird
1Common Grackle
1Semipalmated Plover
4Lesser Yellowlegs
2Sanderling
1Forster's Tern
4Great Blue Heron
4Brown Pelican
1Winter Wren
12Canada Goose
4Gadwall
4Lesser Scaup
2Red-breasted Merganser
2Black-bellied Plover
2Greater Yellowlegs
4Ruddy Turnstone
2Red Knot
1Purple Sandpiper
2Laughing Gull
2American Herring Gull
200Black Skimmer
6Common Loon
1Northern Harrier
1Seaside Sparrow
2Boat-tailed Grackle

November 20

12Ring-necked Duck
1Killdeer
12Short-billed Dowitcher
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Saltmarsh Sparrow
1Palm Warbler
8Piping Plover
1Horned Grebe
1Turkey Vulture
1Sharp-shinned Hawk
4Fish Crow

November 19

1Blue-headed Vireo
6Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Brown Creeper
1Pine Warbler
1American Wigeon
1American Avocet
1Wilson's Snipe
4Black-crowned Night Heron
1Brown Thrasher
1Common Yellowthroat

November 18

14Common Gallinule
1Eastern Screech-Owl
1Black-and-white Warbler
1Savannah Sparrow
1Northern Shoveler
2Black Scoter
1American Oystercatcher
1Caspian Tern
7Royal Tern
1Anhinga
1Northern House Wren

November 17

1White-winged Scoter
1Barn Swallow
1Western Kingbird
1Dark-eyed Junco
1Wood Duck
1Eastern Meadowlark
4Blue-winged Teal
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron

November 16

1European Starling
2Brown-headed Cowbird
1Prairie Warbler
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
2White-crowned Sparrow
5Black Vulture
1White-eyed Vireo

November 15

1Barred Owl
1Red-headed Woodpecker
2Yellow-throated Warbler