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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 Common Ground Dove, Common Gallinule, Pied-billed Grebe in the area.

291
All-Time Species
66
Sightings (14 days)
Florida
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Species
Date Spotted
Count
Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
Sep 22, 2026
7
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
Sep 22, 2026
6
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Sep 22, 2026
12
Wood StorkMycteria americana
Sep 22, 2026
1
AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Sep 22, 2026
30
White IbisEudocimus albus
Sep 22, 2026
6
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
Sep 22, 2026
1
Least BitternBotaurus exilis
Sep 22, 2026
2
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Sep 22, 2026
8
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
Sep 22, 2026
12
Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens
Sep 22, 2026
3
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Sep 22, 2026
80
Green HeronButorides virescens
Sep 22, 2026
2
Great EgretArdea alba
Sep 22, 2026
60
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Sep 22, 2026
2
Black VultureCoragyps atratus
Sep 22, 2026
8
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Sep 22, 2026
2
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Sep 22, 2026
8
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
Sep 22, 2026
1
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Sep 22, 2026
4
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
Sep 22, 2026
3
Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Sep 22, 2026
7
Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
Sep 22, 2026
24
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
Sep 22, 2026
1
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestiva
Sep 22, 2026
1
Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula
Sep 21, 2026
1
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Sep 21, 2026
4
Forster's TernSterna forsteri
Sep 21, 2026
5
Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
Sep 21, 2026
1
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
Sep 20, 2026
1
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Sep 20, 2026
1
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Sep 20, 2026
3
Clapper RailRallus crepitans
Sep 20, 2026
1
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Sep 20, 2026
1
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Sep 20, 2026
2
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
Sep 20, 2026
1
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
Sep 20, 2026
1
American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
Sep 20, 2026
1
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Sep 20, 2026
1
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Sep 19, 2026
2
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Sep 19, 2026
2
Sep 19, 2026
10
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
Sep 19, 2026
1
Florida Scrub-JayAphelocoma coerulescens
Sep 19, 2026
1
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Sep 19, 2026
9
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
Sep 19, 2026
1
Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
Sep 19, 2026
4
Royal TernThalasseus maximus
Sep 16, 2026
2
Cooper's HawkAstur cooperii
Sep 16, 2026
1
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Sep 16, 2026
1
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
Sep 16, 2026
4
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
Sep 16, 2026
1
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Sep 12, 2026
10
Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
Sep 12, 2026
1
Rock PigeonColumba livia
Sep 12, 2026
1
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Sep 12, 2026
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Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Sep 12, 2026
1
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Sep 12, 2026
7
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Sep 12, 2026
1
MerlinFalco columbarius
Sep 12, 2026
1
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Sep 10, 2026
1
Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Sep 10, 2026
2
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
Sep 10, 2026
5
Least TernSternula antillarum
Sep 9, 2026
4
White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
Sep 9, 2026
1
Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
Sep 9, 2026
1

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