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Recent reports from Huntington Beach SP

Only the most recent report per species is shown. Some reports may be pending verification.

March 27

25Tree Swallow
2Pied-billed Grebe
1Mourning Dove
1Virginia Rail
1Common Gallinule
2Killdeer
1Greater Yellowlegs
5Double-crested Cormorant
6Snowy Egret
3Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Tufted Titmouse
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet
2Carolina Wren
1Eastern Bluebird
1Savannah Sparrow
5Red-winged Blackbird
2Pine Warbler
6Northern Cardinal
8Blue-winged Teal
12American Coot
6Lesser Yellowlegs
4Willet
6Dunlin
14Least Sandpiper
4Laughing Gull
2Little Blue Heron
4Tricolored Heron
8Turkey Vulture
1Belted Kingfisher
1Pileated Woodpecker
2White-eyed Vireo
2Blue Jay
5American Crow
6Carolina Chickadee
12Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Gray Catbird
6Northern Mockingbird
1Hermit Thrush
2House Finch
8White-throated Sparrow
2Song Sparrow
1Swamp Sparrow
6Common Grackle
1Prothonotary Warbler
3Northern Parula
12Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Prairie Warbler
1Green-winged Teal
3Anhinga
2Downy Woodpecker
1Hairy Woodpecker
2Fish Crow
1Brown Thrasher

March 26

XCommon Yellowthroat
8Gadwall
10Hooded Merganser
2Sora
2Brown Pelican
1Green Heron
1Osprey
1Red-shouldered Hawk
2Eastern Towhee
1Black-and-white Warbler
4Wild Turkey
1Sandhill Crane
3Boat-tailed Grackle
2Canada Goose
8Red-breasted Merganser
20Short-billed Dowitcher
1Forster's Tern
1Common Loon
2Barn Swallow
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
2Marsh Wren
1American Robin
1American Goldfinch
1Chipping Sparrow
2Brown-headed Cowbird

March 25

1Solitary Sandpiper
2Northern Shoveler
1Bonaparte's Gull
1White-breasted Nuthatch
1Spotted Sandpiper
4Ring-billed Gull
1Black-crowned Night Heron
1Bald Eagle
1Eastern Phoebe
1Dark-eyed Junco

March 23

1Bufflehead
4Black-bellied Plover
6Semipalmated Plover
2Long-billed Dowitcher
2Wood Stork
1Northern Harrier