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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.

January 21

7Black Scoter
3Red-breasted Merganser
20Greater Yellowlegs
20Ruddy Turnstone
8Sanderling
2Dunlin
8Least Sandpiper
1Razorbill
4Bonaparte's Gull
10Laughing Gull
3Ring-billed Gull
1American Herring Gull
3Forster's Tern
2Pied-billed Grebe
18Common Loon
50Northern Gannet
10Double-crested Cormorant
3White Ibis
3Tricolored Heron
1Snowy Egret
1Great Egret
7Brown Pelican
1Blue Jay
5Fish Crow
4Tree Swallow
1Northern Mockingbird
3Saltmarsh Sparrow
3Yellow-rumped Warbler

January 20

XRed-throated Loon
7Bufflehead
1Willet
1Black Skimmer
1Royal Tern
2Horned Grebe
1Great Blue Heron
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
45Cedar Waxwing
2Savannah Sparrow
1Mallard
12Ruddy Duck
4American Oystercatcher
2Red Knot
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Hermit Thrush

January 19

7American White Pelican
1White-throated Sparrow
2Black-bellied Plover
2Great Black-backed Gull
1Osprey
3Semipalmated Plover
2Turkey Vulture
1Northern Harrier
3House Finch
2Song Sparrow
4Red-winged Blackbird
2Pine Warbler

January 18

1Short-billed Dowitcher
3Western Sandpiper

January 17

2Carolina Chickadee
1Gray Catbird
2Field Sparrow
1Black-and-white Warbler
7Green-winged Teal
1Surf Scoter
39Hooded Merganser
2Mourning Dove
1Belted Kingfisher
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
3Brown-headed Nuthatch
2Carolina Wren
2Eastern Bluebird
1American Robin
2Eastern Towhee
1Northern Cardinal
1Pacific Loon