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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.

April 13

8Black-bellied Plover
13Semipalmated Plover
3Piping Plover
7Wilson's Plover
5Short-billed Dowitcher
2Willet
3Greater Yellowlegs
25Sanderling
2Dunlin
9Least Sandpiper
2Western Sandpiper
3Bonaparte's Gull
8Laughing Gull
2Ring-billed Gull
1American Herring Gull
68Least Tern
2Caspian Tern
8Forster's Tern
1Sandwich Tern
2Royal Tern
17Double-crested Cormorant
1Snowy Egret
9Brown Pelican
4Barn Swallow
4Mourning Dove
6Clapper Rail
1American Oystercatcher
2Killdeer
2Lesser Yellowlegs
2Ruddy Turnstone
1Common Loon
2Little Blue Heron
1Tricolored Heron
2Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
2Turkey Vulture
2Osprey
1Bald Eagle
8Tree Swallow
2Purple Martin
1Marsh Wren
4Northern Mockingbird
2House Finch
2Seaside Sparrow
6Saltmarsh Sparrow
18Red-winged Blackbird
4Brown-headed Cowbird
1Yellow-rumped Warbler
2Northern Cardinal
2Mottled Duck
45Black Scoter
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Great Crested Flycatcher
2Carolina Wren
1Gray Catbird
4Cedar Waxwing
2Boat-tailed Grackle
1Black-and-white Warbler

April 9

9Pectoral Sandpiper
5Common Tern
1Blue Jay
1Carolina Chickadee
2Tufted Titmouse
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
3Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Brown Thrasher
3American Goldfinch
1Eastern Towhee
2Pine Warbler
1Prairie Warbler