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Merritt Island NWR--Black Point Wildlife Drive

Located in the Florida, USA area, Merritt Island NWR--Black Point Wildlife Drive is a popular birding destination. Recently, birders have spotted Mottled Duck, Common Gallinule, Black-necked Stilt in the area.

290
All-Time Species
62
Sightings (14 days)
Florida
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United States
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Trailing 14 Days
Species
Date Spotted
Count
Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula
Aug 10, 2026
16
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
Aug 10, 2026
3
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
Aug 10, 2026
4
AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Aug 10, 2026
9
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Aug 10, 2026
6
White IbisEudocimus albus
Aug 10, 2026
2
Least BitternBotaurus exilis
Aug 10, 2026
1
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Aug 10, 2026
6
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
Aug 10, 2026
3
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Aug 10, 2026
13
Green HeronButorides virescens
Aug 10, 2026
3
Great EgretArdea alba
Aug 10, 2026
7
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Aug 10, 2026
2
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Aug 10, 2026
1
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Aug 10, 2026
2
Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Aug 10, 2026
3
Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
Aug 10, 2026
5
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Aug 10, 2026
1
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
Aug 10, 2026
3
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
Aug 10, 2026
1
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
Aug 10, 2026
1
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Aug 10, 2026
14
Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
Aug 9, 2026
2
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Aug 9, 2026
3
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Aug 9, 2026
1
Forster's TernSterna forsteri
Aug 9, 2026
1
Black VultureCoragyps atratus
Aug 9, 2026
3
Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
Aug 9, 2026
2
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Aug 9, 2026
1
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
Aug 9, 2026
2
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Aug 9, 2026
1
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Aug 9, 2026
3
Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens
Aug 9, 2026
1
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Aug 9, 2026
1
Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Aug 9, 2026
1
Wood StorkMycteria americana
Aug 8, 2026
2
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Aug 8, 2026
1
Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
Aug 5, 2026
1
Mallard x Mottled Duck (hybrid)Anas platyrhynchos x fulvigula
Aug 4, 2026
19
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Aug 4, 2026
1
Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
Aug 4, 2026
7
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
Aug 4, 2026
1
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Aug 4, 2026
2
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
Aug 4, 2026
1
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
Aug 4, 2026
2
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
Aug 4, 2026
1
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
Aug 4, 2026
1
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
Aug 4, 2026
2
Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Aug 2, 2026
1
Aug 2, 2026
40
Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
Aug 2, 2026
1
Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
Aug 2, 2026
2
Rock PigeonColumba livia
Aug 2, 2026
2
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Aug 2, 2026
4
Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
Aug 2, 2026
2
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
Aug 2, 2026
2
American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
Aug 1, 2026
1
Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Aug 1, 2026
1
Royal TernThalasseus maximus
Aug 1, 2026
1
Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
Aug 1, 2026
1
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Jul 29, 2026
2
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Jul 29, 2026
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