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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 4

1Black Scoter
2Hooded Merganser
1Semipalmated Plover
1Willet
7Ruddy Turnstone
7Sanderling
5Bonaparte's Gull
1Franklin's Gull
20Ring-billed Gull
4Forster's Tern
1Royal Tern
6Horned Grebe
3Red-throated Loon
8Common Loon
75Double-crested Cormorant
10American White Pelican
50Brown Pelican

January 3

2Mourning Dove
2Pied-billed Grebe
6White Ibis
2Snowy Egret
1Great Egret
4Blue Jay
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Gray Catbird

January 2

1Osprey
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet
4Yellow-rumped Warbler
6Red-breasted Merganser
5American Oystercatcher
13Black-bellied Plover
17Short-billed Dowitcher
12Red Knot
250Dunlin
1Least Sandpiper
2Western Sandpiper
45Laughing Gull
4American Herring Gull
1Great Black-backed Gull
1Caspian Tern
1Bald Eagle
2Northern Mockingbird
4Savannah Sparrow

January 1

1Clapper Rail
3Tricolored Heron
1Great Blue Heron
1Turkey Vulture
1Eastern Towhee
10Little Blue Heron
3Black Vulture
1Northern Harrier
1Downy Woodpecker
1Carolina Chickadee
1Brown Thrasher
7White-throated Sparrow
200Red-winged Blackbird
2Northern Cardinal