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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.

January 20

1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1Blue Jay
1Carolina Chickadee
1American Robin
75Cedar Waxwing
1House Finch
4Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Northern Cardinal
8Northern Shoveler
20Gadwall
35Green-winged Teal
1Lesser Scaup
1White-winged Scoter
45Bufflehead
1Common Goldeneye
8Hooded Merganser
2Mourning Dove
1Clapper Rail
1Common Gallinule
10Semipalmated Plover
1Spotted Sandpiper
5Willet
24Greater Yellowlegs
8Sanderling
1Razorbill
7Bonaparte's Gull
2Laughing Gull
6Ring-billed Gull
3American Herring Gull
1Great Black-backed Gull
3Forster's Tern
9Pied-billed Grebe
1Horned Grebe
10Red-throated Loon
12Common Loon
23Double-crested Cormorant
24White Ibis
2Little Blue Heron
2Tricolored Heron
12Snowy Egret
3Great Egret
3Great Blue Heron
8American White Pelican
8Brown Pelican
5Turkey Vulture
1Osprey
1Bald Eagle
2Belted Kingfisher
3Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Hairy Woodpecker
1Merlin
2American Crow
4Tufted Titmouse
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet
2Brown-headed Nuthatch
4Carolina Wren
1Gray Catbird
1Northern Mockingbird
1Eastern Bluebird
1White-throated Sparrow
4Savannah Sparrow
1Song Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
12Red-winged Blackbird
3Pine Warbler
2Short-billed Dowitcher
2Dunlin
1Northern Pintail
22American Coot
2Black-crowned Night Heron
2Downy Woodpecker
1Northern Flicker
1Eastern Phoebe
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Swamp Sparrow
6Common Grackle
1Boat-tailed Grackle
1Common Yellowthroat
10Ring-necked Duck
4Ruddy Duck
1Virginia Rail
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Peregrine Falcon
2White-crowned Sparrow

January 19

1Eastern Screech-Owl
1Least Sandpiper
XMallard
XBlack Scoter
XNorthern Gannet
XBlack Vulture
1Redhead
1Killdeer
9Tree Swallow
1White-breasted Nuthatch

January 18

7American Oystercatcher
19Ruddy Turnstone
1Sora
1Golden-crowned Kinglet

January 17

1Lesser Yellowlegs
1Royal Tern
1Pileated Woodpecker
3Black-bellied Plover
2Blue-winged Teal
12Red Knot
1White-eyed Vireo
1American Goldfinch
2Red-breasted Merganser
1Long-billed Dowitcher
2Western Sandpiper
1Blue-headed Vireo
2Yellow-throated Warbler
1Brown Thrasher
1Orange-crowned Warbler

January 16

1Tundra Swan
1Lesser Black-backed Gull
1Brown Creeper
2American Wigeon
1Northern Harrier
1Palm Warbler
1Purple Sandpiper
2Black Skimmer
1Saltmarsh Sparrow

January 15

8Canvasback
1Red-shouldered Hawk
2Hermit Thrush
3Purple Finch
1Sharp-shinned Hawk
1Chipping Sparrow
1Fox Sparrow

January 14

1Loggerhead Shrike
1Rusty Blackbird
3Wilson's Snipe
1Marsh Wren