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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 24

8Black-bellied Plover
50Semipalmated Plover
20Short-billed Dowitcher
10Ruddy Turnstone
7Red Knot
12Sanderling
40Dunlin
6Western Sandpiper
5Bonaparte's Gull
4Laughing Gull
15Ring-billed Gull
2American Herring Gull
1Great Black-backed Gull
2Red-throated Loon
15Northern Gannet
12Double-crested Cormorant
9Brown Pelican
8Savannah Sparrow
1Boat-tailed Grackle

January 23

4Northern Shoveler
6Gadwall
1Black Scoter
2Bufflehead
10Hooded Merganser
4Ruddy Duck
2Greater Yellowlegs
1Razorbill
2Pied-billed Grebe
1Horned Grebe
4Snowy Egret
2Great Egret
2Great Blue Heron
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
8American Robin
6Cedar Waxwing
6Red-winged Blackbird
1Willet
6Common Loon
1White Ibis
1Blue Jay
1Carolina Chickadee
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Carolina Wren
1White-throated Sparrow
25Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Northern Cardinal

January 22

5American Oystercatcher
4Song Sparrow
7Forster's Tern
1Clapper Rail
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1Eastern Phoebe
1Hermit Thrush
7Least Sandpiper
1Anhinga
1Little Blue Heron
1Turkey Vulture
1Tufted Titmouse
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

January 21

3Red-breasted Merganser
3Tricolored Heron
5Fish Crow
4Tree Swallow
1Northern Mockingbird
3Saltmarsh Sparrow

January 20

1Black Skimmer
1Royal Tern
1Mallard

January 19

7American White Pelican
1Osprey
1Northern Harrier
3House Finch
2Pine Warbler