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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.

February 10

4White-winged Scoter
1Black-bellied Plover
3Killdeer
5Willet
5Ruddy Turnstone
14Sanderling
1Least Sandpiper
20Bonaparte's Gull
8Laughing Gull
30Ring-billed Gull
3American Herring Gull
20Forster's Tern
11Common Loon
12Northern Gannet
25Double-crested Cormorant
30Brown Pelican
2American Robin
5Yellow-rumped Warbler
2Surf Scoter
11Black Scoter
2Long-tailed Duck
3Red-breasted Merganser
2Red Knot
2Razorbill
1Caspian Tern
1Horned Grebe
1Red-throated Loon
3Turkey Vulture
11Lesser Scaup
5Hooded Merganser
1Semipalmated Plover
2Lesser Yellowlegs
1Dunlin
1Great Black-backed Gull
1Tricolored Heron
1Great Blue Heron
1Northern Harrier
1American Kestrel
1Blue Jay
1Northern Mockingbird
5Cedar Waxwing
1Field Sparrow
13Savannah Sparrow
3Song Sparrow
12Red-winged Blackbird
1Pine Warbler
1Northern Cardinal

February 9

2American Oystercatcher
1Great Egret
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Carolina Wren
2House Finch
1Little Blue Heron
1Bald Eagle
27White-throated Sparrow
1Mourning Dove
1Royal Tern
6American White Pelican
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
4Dark-eyed Junco
1Palm Warbler

February 8

1Clapper Rail
1Gray Catbird
1Greater Yellowlegs
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Eastern Towhee
1Snowy Egret
1Brown Thrasher

February 7

1Lesser Black-backed Gull
8Short-billed Dowitcher
1Red-headed Woodpecker
6Ruddy Duck
3American Wigeon
2American Crow
1Osprey
2Carolina Chickadee
3Eastern Bluebird

February 6

1Northern Flicker
2Common Merganser
20Rock Pigeon
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Belted Kingfisher

February 5

1Downy Woodpecker
4Bufflehead
1Marsh Wren
2European Starling
2Saltmarsh Sparrow
1Yellow-throated Warbler