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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.

October 30

2Mourning Dove ✓
2Ruby-throated Hummingbird ✓
2American Coot ✓
4Sanderling ✓
1Ring-billed Gull ✓
6Wood Stork ✓
4White Ibis ✓
2Snowy Egret ✓
1Osprey ✓
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
2Belted Kingfisher ✓
1Eastern Phoebe ✓
1Blue-headed Vireo ✓
4Blue Jay ✓
1Carolina Chickadee ✓
1Tufted Titmouse ✓
4Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
2Brown Creeper ✓
2European Starling ✓
1Northern Mockingbird ✓
2American Robin ✓
1White-throated Sparrow ✓
1Savannah Sparrow ✓
2Brown-headed Cowbird ✓
2Boat-tailed Grackle ✓
1Black-and-white Warbler ✓
1Black-throated Blue Warbler ✓
2Northern Cardinal ✓
1Spotted Sandpiper ✓
14Double-crested Cormorant ✓
1Tricolored Heron ✓
XGreat Egret ✓
23Great Blue Heron ✓
2Brown Pelican ✓
6Black Vulture ✓
1Downy Woodpecker ✓
2Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
1Northern House Wren ✓
1Carolina Wren ✓
6Eastern Bluebird ✓
8House Finch ✓
1Clapper Rail ✓
4Semipalmated Plover ✓
1Dunlin ✓
1Least Sandpiper ✓
2Western Sandpiper ✓
1Laughing Gull ✓
4Forster's Tern ✓
1Anhinga ✓
1Little Blue Heron ✓
1Turkey Vulture ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
1Northern Harrier ✓
3Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Tree Swallow ✓
1Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
2White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
1Nelson's Sparrow ✓
1Common Grackle ✓
1Pine Warbler ✓
11Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
2Wild Turkey ✓
1Black-bellied Plover ✓
4Killdeer ✓
2Short-billed Dowitcher ✓
1American Herring Gull ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Merlin ✓
1Red-eyed Vireo ✓
4American Crow ✓
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
1Song Sparrow ✓
2Red-winged Blackbird ✓
1American Redstart ✓
11Common Gallinule ✓
2Pied-billed Grebe ✓
2Northern Flicker ✓
3Gray Catbird ✓
1Brown Thrasher ✓
1Hermit Thrush ✓
1Swamp Sparrow ✓

October 29

1Saltmarsh Sparrow ✓
1Bay-breasted Warbler ✓
2Red-breasted Merganser ✓
2Chipping Sparrow ✓
1Palm Warbler ✓
1Common Tern ✓
1Roseate Spoonbill ✓
1White-crowned Sparrow ✓
1Northern Parula ✓
3Blue-winged Teal ✓
1Black-crowned Night Heron ✓
1Pileated Woodpecker ✓
1Common Yellowthroat ✓

October 28

1Northern Gannet ✓
3Caspian Tern ✓
1Eastern Screech-Owl ✓
2Seaside Sparrow ✓
4American Pipit ✓

October 27

2Greater Yellowlegs ✓
2Ruddy Turnstone ✓
2Great Black-backed Gull ✓
4Sandwich Tern ✓
20Royal Tern ✓
1Prairie Warbler ✓
2Prairie Willet ✓
1Barn Swallow ✓
2Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓

October 26

5Red Knot ✓
1Bald Eagle ✓
17Black Scoter ✓

October 25

4Northern Shoveler ✓
2Semipalmated Sandpiper
2Green-winged Teal ✓

October 24

1Ruddy Duck ✓
1Green Heron ✓