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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.

December 28

6Lesser Scaup
35Black Scoter
17Hooded Merganser
3Red-breasted Merganser
1American Oystercatcher
3Black-bellied Plover
2Lesser Yellowlegs
2Willet
12Ruddy Turnstone
2Red Knot
5Sanderling
1Least Sandpiper
2Bonaparte's Gull
75Laughing Gull
50Ring-billed Gull
5American Herring Gull
1Lesser Black-backed Gull
5Forster's Tern
2Horned Grebe
75Red-throated Loon
7Common Loon
50Northern Gannet
250Double-crested Cormorant
2Tricolored Heron
10Snowy Egret
2Great Egret
2Great Blue Heron
50Brown Pelican
1Osprey
1Northern Harrier
1Bald Eagle
1Belted Kingfisher
4House Finch
1Field Sparrow
15Savannah Sparrow
2Song Sparrow
75Red-winged Blackbird
2Yellow-rumped Warbler

December 27

210Semipalmated Plover
22Short-billed Dowitcher
3Greater Yellowlegs
280Dunlin
1Great Black-backed Gull
1Royal Tern
2American White Pelican
3Turkey Vulture

December 24

1Red-tailed Hawk
8Tree Swallow

December 23

1White-winged Scoter