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Recent reports from Huntington Beach SP -- Nature Center & Boardwalk

Only the most recent report per species is shown. Some reports may be pending verification.

May 9

1Chimney Swift
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Common Gallinule
1Sandhill Crane
3Black-bellied Plover
1Wilson's Plover
1Willet
1Anhinga
1Tricolored Heron
1Snowy Egret
1Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Hairy Woodpecker
1Great Crested Flycatcher
1Tufted Titmouse
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Carolina Wren
1Brown Thrasher
1Northern Mockingbird
1House Finch
1Red-winged Blackbird
1Brown-headed Cowbird
1Pine Warbler
1Painted Bunting
1Wood Duck
1Mallard
2Mourning Dove
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Clapper Rail
1American Coot
1Black-necked Stilt
1Killdeer
2Semipalmated Plover
1Hudsonian Whimbrel
7Spotted Sandpiper
3Solitary Sandpiper
1Lesser Yellowlegs
1Greater Yellowlegs
1Least Sandpiper
3Semipalmated Sandpiper
10Laughing Gull
1Black Skimmer
2Forster's Tern
1Double-crested Cormorant
2Glossy Ibis
3Roseate Spoonbill
1Least Bittern
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
1Black-crowned Night Heron
2Little Blue Heron
3Green Heron
1Turkey Vulture
2Osprey
1Red-headed Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
1Red-eyed Vireo
1Blue Jay
2American Crow
2Carolina Chickadee
1Purple Martin
5Barn Swallow
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Marsh Wren
1European Starling
1Yellow-breasted Chat
1Baltimore Oriole
6Common Grackle
1Northern Waterthrush
1Prothonotary Warbler
2Common Yellowthroat
2Northern Cardinal

May 7

1Fish Crow

May 5

6Sanderling
1Brown Pelican
1White-breasted Nuthatch
1Eastern Bluebird
2White Ibis

May 4

2American Goldfinch
1Short-billed Dowitcher
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Northern Flicker
1Eastern Kingbird
3Gray Catbird
1Ovenbird
1Black-and-white Warbler
1American Redstart
1Northern Parula

May 3

1Cooper's Hawk