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Merritt Island NWR (Please consider using more specific locations)

Located in the Florida, USA area, Merritt Island NWR (Please consider using more specific locations) is a popular birding destination. Recently, birders have spotted Anhinga, Great Egret, Great Blue Heron in the area.

368
All-Time Species
73
Sightings (14 days)
Florida
Region
United States
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Species
Date Spotted
Count
AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Jul 26, 2026
2
Great EgretArdea alba
Jul 26, 2026
1
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Jul 26, 2026
1
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Jul 26, 2026
1
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Jul 26, 2026
7
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Jul 26, 2026
1
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
Jul 26, 2026
2
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Jul 26, 2026
1
White IbisEudocimus albus
Jul 26, 2026
4
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Jul 26, 2026
1
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
Jul 26, 2026
11
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Jul 26, 2026
6
Black VultureCoragyps atratus
Jul 26, 2026
1
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Jul 26, 2026
2
Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula
Jul 26, 2026
1
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
Jul 26, 2026
11
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Jul 26, 2026
5
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Jul 26, 2026
4
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
Jul 26, 2026
2
Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
Jul 26, 2026
25
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
Jul 26, 2026
1
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
Jul 26, 2026
1
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Jul 26, 2026
3
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
Jul 26, 2026
3
Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens
Jul 26, 2026
4
Green HeronButorides virescens
Jul 26, 2026
1
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Jul 26, 2026
85
Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
Jul 26, 2026
1
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
Jul 26, 2026
1
Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Jul 26, 2026
1
Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Jul 26, 2026
1
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
Jul 26, 2026
1
Florida Scrub-JayAphelocoma coerulescens
Jul 26, 2026
2
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Jul 26, 2026
2
Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Jul 26, 2026
2
Clapper RailRallus crepitans
Jul 26, 2026
1
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
Jul 26, 2026
1
Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
Jul 26, 2026
1
Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
Jul 26, 2026
19
Jul 25, 2026
2
European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Jul 24, 2026
4
Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
Jul 23, 2026
2
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Jul 23, 2026
1
Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Jul 23, 2026
2
Royal TernThalasseus maximus
Jul 23, 2026
1
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
Jul 23, 2026
1
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Jul 22, 2026
2
Least BitternBotaurus exilis
Jul 22, 2026
1
Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
Jul 22, 2026
6
Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
Jul 22, 2026
10
Rock PigeonColumba livia
Jul 21, 2026
1
Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Jul 21, 2026
2
WilletTringa semipalmata
Jul 21, 2026
3
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Jul 21, 2026
3
Black SkimmerRynchops niger
Jul 21, 2026
2
Least TernSternula antillarum
Jul 21, 2026
2
Forster's TernSterna forsteri
Jul 21, 2026
1
American FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruber
Jul 21, 2026
9
Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
Jul 21, 2026
1
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Jul 21, 2026
1
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
Jul 21, 2026
2
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
Jul 21, 2026
1
Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
Jul 21, 2026
1
Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
Jul 19, 2026
2
Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Jul 19, 2026
1
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Jul 19, 2026
1
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Jul 19, 2026
1
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Jul 19, 2026
5
Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
Jul 16, 2026
1
Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
Jul 15, 2026
6
White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
Jul 14, 2026
1
Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
Jul 14, 2026
1
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Jul 14, 2026
1

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