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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 Mourning Dove, Common Gallinule, Killdeer in the area.

367
All-Time Species
81
Sightings (14 days)
Florida
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United States
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Trailing 14 Days
Species
Date Spotted
Count
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Aug 14, 2026
3
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
Aug 14, 2026
1
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Aug 14, 2026
5
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Aug 14, 2026
1
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Aug 14, 2026
3
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
Aug 14, 2026
1
SanderlingCalidris alba
Aug 14, 2026
2
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
Aug 14, 2026
4
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Aug 14, 2026
2
AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Aug 14, 2026
1
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Aug 14, 2026
3
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
Aug 14, 2026
4
Great EgretArdea alba
Aug 14, 2026
1
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Aug 14, 2026
4
Black VultureCoragyps atratus
Aug 14, 2026
1
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Aug 14, 2026
1
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Aug 14, 2026
8
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
Aug 14, 2026
1
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Aug 14, 2026
1
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Aug 14, 2026
6
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Aug 14, 2026
3
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
Aug 13, 2026
2
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Aug 13, 2026
3
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Aug 13, 2026
1
Green HeronButorides virescens
Aug 13, 2026
2
White IbisEudocimus albus
Aug 12, 2026
1
Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
Aug 12, 2026
1
Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula
Aug 12, 2026
7
Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
Aug 12, 2026
1
Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens
Aug 12, 2026
1
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Aug 12, 2026
3
Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Aug 12, 2026
2
Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
Aug 12, 2026
5
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
Aug 12, 2026
1
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
Aug 12, 2026
2
Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
Aug 12, 2026
1
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
Aug 12, 2026
1
Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
Aug 12, 2026
1
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
Aug 12, 2026
1
Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
Aug 12, 2026
1
American CootFulica americana
Aug 11, 2026
7
Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
Aug 11, 2026
1
Aug 11, 2026
1
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
Aug 11, 2026
1
Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Aug 10, 2026
1
Least BitternBotaurus exilis
Aug 10, 2026
1
LimpkinAramus guarauna
Aug 9, 2026
1
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Aug 9, 2026
3
Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
Aug 9, 2026
1
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Aug 9, 2026
1
Forster's TernSterna forsteri
Aug 9, 2026
1
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Aug 9, 2026
1
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
Aug 9, 2026
2
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Aug 9, 2026
1
Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Aug 9, 2026
1
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
Aug 8, 2026
1
Florida Scrub-JayAphelocoma coerulescens
Aug 8, 2026
7
Wood StorkMycteria americana
Aug 8, 2026
2
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
Aug 4, 2026
3
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
Aug 4, 2026
1
Mallard x Mottled Duck (hybrid)Anas platyrhynchos x fulvigula
Aug 4, 2026
19
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Aug 4, 2026
31
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
Aug 4, 2026
3
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
Aug 4, 2026
1
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Aug 4, 2026
2
Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
Aug 4, 2026
1
Royal TernThalasseus maximus
Aug 2, 2026
1
American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
Aug 2, 2026
2
Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Aug 2, 2026
1
Clapper RailRallus crepitans
Aug 2, 2026
1
Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
Aug 2, 2026
1
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
Aug 2, 2026
1
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Aug 2, 2026
4
Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
Aug 2, 2026
2
Rock PigeonColumba livia
Aug 2, 2026
2
Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
Aug 2, 2026
2
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
Aug 2, 2026
2
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
Aug 1, 2026
2
Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Aug 1, 2026
1
Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
Aug 1, 2026
1
Least TernSternula antillarum
Aug 1, 2026
2

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