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Recent reports from Huntington Beach SP--Mullet Pond

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

January 18

10Northern Shoveler
17Green-winged Teal
4Bufflehead
5Common Gallinule
37American Coot
2Pied-billed Grebe
2Double-crested Cormorant
5Black-crowned Night Heron
1Tricolored Heron
2Great Blue Heron
12American White Pelican
1Blue Jay
1Carolina Chickadee
1Gray Catbird
1Hermit Thrush
1White-throated Sparrow
1Red-winged Blackbird
1Yellow-rumped Warbler
8Northern Cardinal
9Gadwall
4Hooded Merganser
3Mourning Dove
1Virginia Rail
1Sora
2Wilson's Snipe
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Bonaparte's Gull
1Forster's Tern
4White Ibis
1Little Blue Heron
1Great Egret
1Bald Eagle
2Tufted Titmouse
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Pine Warbler

January 17

2Swamp Sparrow
1Snowy Egret
1Osprey
1Downy Woodpecker
1Hairy Woodpecker
1Carolina Wren
1Song Sparrow
4Black-bellied Plover
2Killdeer
2Willet
3Dunlin
3Western Sandpiper
22Tree Swallow
1Eastern Phoebe
1Eastern Screech-Owl
1Belted Kingfisher
1Turkey Vulture
3American Crow
2Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Northern Pintail
1Common Goldeneye
2Ring-billed Gull
4Brown Pelican
1Barred Owl
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
4Northern Flicker
1Marsh Wren
15American Robin
15Cedar Waxwing
1King Rail
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
3Ruby-crowned Kinglet
2Golden-crowned Kinglet
3Northern Mockingbird
3Purple Finch
1Brown-headed Cowbird
3Common Grackle
1Mallard
1Boat-tailed Grackle
2Blue-winged Teal
1Red-tailed Hawk
6Fish Crow

January 16

1House Finch
1Savannah Sparrow
1Orange-crowned Warbler

January 14

1Lesser Scaup
1White-breasted Nuthatch
1Redhead

January 13

1Clapper Rail
2Eastern Bluebird