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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 17

2Bufflehead
11Sanderling
13Laughing Gull
11Ring-billed Gull
1American Herring Gull
8Forster's Tern
3Royal Tern
2Red-throated Loon
4Common Loon
22Double-crested Cormorant
38American White Pelican
12Brown Pelican
1Osprey
2Carolina Chickadee
1Gray Catbird
2Field Sparrow
6Savannah Sparrow
1Song Sparrow
1Black-and-white Warbler
1Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Black Scoter
8Red-breasted Merganser
2Least Sandpiper
1Razorbill
35Bonaparte's Gull
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
2Eastern Towhee
1Pacific Loon
5Northern Gannet
2Great Egret
2Ruddy Turnstone
1Great Blue Heron
3House Finch
2Semipalmated Plover
1Horned Grebe
6Tree Swallow
1Northern Mockingbird
2American Oystercatcher
15Black-bellied Plover
1Willet
1Greater Yellowlegs
1Red Knot
2Northern Cardinal

January 14

2Black Skimmer
1Carolina Wren