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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.

April 21

1Anhinga
2Roseate Spoonbill
1Common Eider
6Red-breasted Merganser
1American Oystercatcher
17Black-bellied Plover
1Semipalmated Plover
2Piping Plover
4Wilson's Plover
4Willet
3Greater Yellowlegs
6Ruddy Turnstone
32Sanderling
48Laughing Gull
2Ring-billed Gull
16Least Tern
1Forster's Tern
2Royal Tern
27Double-crested Cormorant
1Great Blue Heron
14Brown Pelican
2Turkey Vulture
6Purple Martin
1Marsh Wren
2Red-winged Blackbird

April 20

2Sandwich Tern
2Snowy Egret
1Osprey
1Great Crested Flycatcher
1Carolina Chickadee
1Tufted Titmouse
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Carolina Wren
1Northern Mockingbird
4Savannah Sparrow
1Pine Warbler
2Yellow-rumped Warbler
4Northern Cardinal

April 19

9Hudsonian Whimbrel
5Tree Swallow
2Barn Swallow
2Mourning Dove
2Killdeer
1Marbled Godwit
4Short-billed Dowitcher
12Caspian Tern
8Common Tern
XGreat Egret
1Bald Eagle
1Red-headed Woodpecker
4Fish Crow
1Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1Eastern Bluebird
1Nelson's Sparrow
1Yellow-breasted Chat
6Brown-headed Cowbird
1Black-and-white Warbler
1Blue Grosbeak

April 18

2Black Scoter
1Rock Pigeon
1American Golden-Plover
2Lesser Yellowlegs
1Least Sandpiper
9Black Skimmer
1Eastern Kingbird
1Blue Jay
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Brown Thrasher
1American Robin

April 17

8Bonaparte's Gull