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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 20

1Razorbill
1Bonaparte's Gull
XRed-throated Loon
XCommon Loon
25Double-crested Cormorant
7Bufflehead
1Willet
25Sanderling
2Laughing Gull
1Black Skimmer
5Forster's Tern
1Royal Tern
2Horned Grebe
1Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
3Brown Pelican
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
45Cedar Waxwing
2Savannah Sparrow
1Mallard
12Ruddy Duck
4American Oystercatcher
2Ruddy Turnstone
2Red Knot
3Least Sandpiper
2Blue Jay
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Northern Mockingbird
1Hermit Thrush
1Purple Finch
11Yellow-rumped Warbler

January 19

14Ring-billed Gull
7American White Pelican
1White-throated Sparrow
9Black Scoter
2Red-breasted Merganser
2Black-bellied Plover
6American Herring Gull
2Great Black-backed Gull
2Northern Gannet
1Osprey
3Semipalmated Plover
2Greater Yellowlegs
2Turkey Vulture
1Northern Harrier
3House Finch
2Song Sparrow
4Red-winged Blackbird
2Pine Warbler

January 18

1Short-billed Dowitcher
1Dunlin
3Western Sandpiper
2Tricolored Heron
3Snowy Egret
2Saltmarsh Sparrow

January 17

2Carolina Chickadee
1Gray Catbird
2Field Sparrow
1Black-and-white Warbler
7Green-winged Teal
1Surf Scoter
39Hooded Merganser
2Mourning Dove
4Pied-billed Grebe
5White Ibis
1Belted Kingfisher
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
6Tree Swallow
3Brown-headed Nuthatch
2Carolina Wren
2Eastern Bluebird
1American Robin
2Eastern Towhee
1Northern Cardinal
1Pacific Loon