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Recent reports from Huntington Beach SP--North Beach

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

August 14

1Mourning Dove
1Sanderling
15Laughing Gull
1Tricolored Heron
2Osprey
1Blue Jay
3Northern Mockingbird
5Northern Cardinal

August 13

1Clapper Rail
14American Oystercatcher
24Black-bellied Plover
160Semipalmated Plover
5Wilson's Plover
6Hudsonian Whimbrel
7Short-billed Dowitcher
2Long-billed Dowitcher
9Spotted Sandpiper
2Lesser Yellowlegs
65Willet
14Greater Yellowlegs
17Ruddy Turnstone
13Least Sandpiper
1Pectoral Sandpiper
3Western Sandpiper
6Semipalmated Sandpiper
3Great Black-backed Gull
2Black Skimmer
8Least Tern
5Gull-billed Tern
3Caspian Tern
4Black Tern
23Forster's Tern
6Common Tern
4Sandwich Tern
37Royal Tern
9Glossy Ibis
7Snowy Egret
1Green Heron
9Great Egret
2Great Blue Heron
18Brown Pelican
45Barn Swallow
2Red-winged Blackbird

August 12

3Piping Plover

August 11

8Ring-billed Gull
1American Herring Gull