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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.

October 5

3Mourning Dove ✓
2Black-bellied Plover ✓
1Killdeer ✓
4Semipalmated Plover ✓
9Ruddy Turnstone ✓
11Sanderling ✓
4Laughing Gull ✓
1Forster's Tern ✓
4Royal Tern ✓
1Double-crested Cormorant ✓
2Snowy Egret ✓
6Great Egret ✓
3Great Blue Heron ✓
4Osprey ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
1Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓
1Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
2Blue Jay ✓
4Carolina Chickadee ✓
3Carolina Wren ✓
4Gray Catbird ✓
4Northern Mockingbird ✓
10Eastern Bluebird ✓
8Prairie Warbler ✓
6Northern Cardinal ✓
1Caspian Tern ✓
1Eastern Phoebe ✓

October 3

1Clapper Rail ✓
1Willet ✓
5Ring-billed Gull ✓
5American Herring Gull ✓
1Lesser Black-backed Gull ✓
1Black Skimmer ✓
2Sandwich Tern ✓
45Wood Stork ✓
1White Ibis ✓
10Brown Pelican ✓
1Merlin ✓
1Peregrine Falcon ✓
500Tree Swallow ✓
10Barn Swallow ✓
2Brown Thrasher ✓

October 2

1Chimney Swift ✓
25Western Sandpiper ✓
1Cliff Swallow ✓
1Seaside Sparrow ✓
1Boat-tailed Grackle ✓