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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 Sora, Common Gallinule, Prairie Willet in the area.

292
All-Time Species
97
Sightings (14 days)
Florida
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United States
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Species
Date Spotted
Count
SoraPorzana carolina
Nov 2, 2026
1
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
Nov 2, 2026
10
Prairie WilletTringa inornata
Nov 2, 2026
1
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Nov 2, 2026
1
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Nov 2, 2026
8
AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Nov 2, 2026
9
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Nov 2, 2026
2
White IbisEudocimus albus
Nov 2, 2026
1
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Nov 2, 2026
1
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
Nov 2, 2026
35
Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens
Nov 2, 2026
2
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Nov 2, 2026
66
Green HeronButorides virescens
Nov 2, 2026
5
Nov 2, 2026
2
Great EgretArdea alba
Nov 2, 2026
28
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Nov 2, 2026
4
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Nov 2, 2026
1
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Nov 2, 2026
4
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Nov 2, 2026
6
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
Nov 2, 2026
4
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Nov 2, 2026
1
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
Nov 2, 2026
1
Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
Nov 2, 2026
135
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
Nov 2, 2026
7
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Nov 2, 2026
1
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Nov 2, 2026
9
Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Nov 2, 2026
5
Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
Nov 2, 2026
4
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
Nov 2, 2026
3
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
Nov 2, 2026
1
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
Nov 2, 2026
8
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Nov 2, 2026
1
Wood StorkMycteria americana
Nov 2, 2026
2
Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
Nov 2, 2026
2
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Nov 2, 2026
1
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
Nov 2, 2026
1
Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
Nov 2, 2026
1
Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
Nov 1, 2026
7
Clapper RailRallus crepitans
Nov 1, 2026
1
Black VultureCoragyps atratus
Nov 1, 2026
3
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Nov 1, 2026
2
Royal TernThalasseus maximus
Nov 1, 2026
2
American KestrelFalco sparverius
Nov 1, 2026
2
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Nov 1, 2026
2
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
Nov 1, 2026
2
Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
Oct 31, 2026
1
American CootFulica americana
Oct 31, 2026
3
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
Oct 31, 2026
1
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Oct 31, 2026
2
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Oct 31, 2026
1
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Oct 31, 2026
2
Northern GannetMorus bassanus
Oct 31, 2026
1
Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
Oct 31, 2026
1
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
Oct 31, 2026
1
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
Oct 31, 2026
1
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
Oct 31, 2026
2
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
Oct 31, 2026
2
American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
Oct 31, 2026
1
Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
Oct 31, 2026
18
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Oct 31, 2026
4
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Oct 31, 2026
1
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
Oct 31, 2026
2
Eastern Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
Oct 31, 2026
2
Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
Oct 31, 2026
3
Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula
Oct 30, 2026
1
Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
Oct 30, 2026
2
Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Oct 30, 2026
1
Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
Oct 30, 2026
1
Least BitternBotaurus exilis
Oct 29, 2026
2
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
Oct 29, 2026
1
MerlinFalco columbarius
Oct 29, 2026
1
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
Oct 29, 2026
2
Sedge WrenCistothorus stellaris
Oct 29, 2026
1
Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
Oct 27, 2026
3
LimpkinAramus guarauna
Oct 27, 2026
1
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Oct 27, 2026
2
Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
Oct 27, 2026
1
Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Oct 27, 2026
1
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Oct 26, 2026
2
Oct 26, 2026
1
Forster's TernSterna forsteri
Oct 24, 2026
4
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
Oct 24, 2026
1
Rock PigeonColumba livia
Oct 24, 2026
4
Gray-headed SwamphenPorphyrio poliocephalus
Oct 24, 2026
1
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Oct 24, 2026
2
Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
Oct 24, 2026
1
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Oct 24, 2026
4
Oct 24, 2026
2
Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
Oct 24, 2026
1
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Oct 24, 2026
1
Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
Oct 24, 2026
2
Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Oct 24, 2026
1
Florida Scrub-JayAphelocoma coerulescens
Oct 24, 2026
7
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
Oct 23, 2026
1
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Oct 20, 2026
1
American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
Oct 20, 2026
1
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
Oct 20, 2026
1

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