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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.

June 19

2American Oystercatcher
2Wilson's Plover
2Willet
55Least Tern
1Green Heron
1Great Blue Heron

June 16

3Laughing Gull
7Sandwich Tern
2Royal Tern
6Barn Swallow
12Mourning Dove
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Chimney Swift
1Clapper Rail
3Black-bellied Plover
1Killdeer
2Semipalmated Plover
3Ruddy Turnstone
1American Herring Gull
4Forster's Tern
1Common Tern
9Wood Stork
1Double-crested Cormorant
1Little Blue Heron
1Tricolored Heron
1Snowy Egret
3Great Egret
4Brown Pelican
4Osprey
1Downy Woodpecker
1Great Crested Flycatcher
2Fish Crow
2Carolina Chickadee
1Purple Martin
1Carolina Wren
1Northern Mockingbird
2House Finch
4Red-winged Blackbird
2Boat-tailed Grackle
1Northern Cardinal
1Painted Bunting

June 15

4Black Skimmer