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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.

March 19

2Killdeer
4Piping Plover
3Greater Yellowlegs
1Ruddy Turnstone
30Sanderling
1Least Sandpiper
50Bonaparte's Gull
1Ring-billed Gull
9Forster's Tern
1Red-throated Loon
1Anhinga
20Double-crested Cormorant
15Brown Pelican
1Chipping Sparrow

March 18

1Common Eider
1White-winged Scoter
11Black Scoter
1Lesser Yellowlegs
4Laughing Gull
7Royal Tern
4Common Loon
12Savannah Sparrow
4Mourning Dove
2Snowy Egret
1Great Egret
9Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Downy Woodpecker
2American Crow
2Carolina Chickadee
1Tufted Titmouse
2Brown Creeper
4Carolina Wren
1Brown Thrasher
1Northern Mockingbird
2Eastern Bluebird
3House Finch
1Eastern Towhee
10Red-winged Blackbird
3Black-and-white Warbler
1Pine Warbler
6Yellow-rumped Warbler
6Northern Cardinal

March 17

12Canada Goose
2Mallard
1Red-breasted Merganser
1Clapper Rail
3Semipalmated Plover
3Willet
1Great Blue Heron
2Turkey Vulture
1Cedar Waxwing
1American Goldfinch
3Song Sparrow
5Black-bellied Plover
3Wilson's Plover
5Short-billed Dowitcher
400Dunlin
3Western Sandpiper
2American Herring Gull
1Black Skimmer
2Tricolored Heron
2Osprey
2Bald Eagle

March 15

2Northern Gannet
2Blue Jay

March 13

6Horned Grebe
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet
2Brown-headed Cowbird
18Gadwall
5Green-winged Teal
7Lesser Scaup
1American Oystercatcher
1Eastern Phoebe
4Fish Crow
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Gray Catbird
1White-throated Sparrow
1Swamp Sparrow