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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 Mallard x Mottled Duck (hybrid), Common Ground Dove, Mourning Dove in the area.

367
All-Time Species
95
Sightings (14 days)
Florida
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United States
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Species
Date Spotted
Count
Mallard x Mottled Duck (hybrid)Anas platyrhynchos x fulvigula
Sep 4, 2026
35
Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
Sep 4, 2026
2
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Sep 4, 2026
5
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
Sep 4, 2026
4
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Sep 4, 2026
10
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Sep 4, 2026
2
AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Sep 4, 2026
27
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Sep 4, 2026
10
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
Sep 4, 2026
14
Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens
Sep 4, 2026
2
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Sep 4, 2026
25
Green HeronButorides virescens
Sep 4, 2026
8
Great EgretArdea alba
Sep 4, 2026
12
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Sep 4, 2026
8
Black VultureCoragyps atratus
Sep 4, 2026
5
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Sep 4, 2026
4
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Sep 4, 2026
6
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
Sep 4, 2026
1
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Sep 4, 2026
1
Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
Sep 4, 2026
6
Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula
Sep 3, 2026
1
LimpkinAramus guarauna
Sep 3, 2026
1
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
Sep 3, 2026
8
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
Sep 3, 2026
1
Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
Sep 3, 2026
12
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Sep 3, 2026
1
Forster's TernSterna forsteri
Sep 3, 2026
1
Royal TernThalasseus maximus
Sep 3, 2026
6
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Sep 3, 2026
8
White IbisEudocimus albus
Sep 3, 2026
9
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
Sep 3, 2026
1
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Sep 3, 2026
12
Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
Sep 3, 2026
4
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
Sep 3, 2026
3
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
Sep 3, 2026
2
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Sep 3, 2026
1
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
Sep 3, 2026
2
Florida Scrub-JayAphelocoma coerulescens
Sep 3, 2026
3
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Sep 3, 2026
1
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Sep 3, 2026
1
Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Sep 3, 2026
1
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Sep 3, 2026
1
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
Sep 1, 2026
1
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Sep 1, 2026
1
Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Sep 1, 2026
2
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Sep 1, 2026
10
Rock PigeonColumba livia
Sep 1, 2026
1
Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Sep 1, 2026
2
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
Sep 1, 2026
1
White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
Sep 1, 2026
1
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
Sep 1, 2026
3
Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
Sep 1, 2026
2
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
Sep 1, 2026
1
Sep 1, 2026
6
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
Sep 1, 2026
1
American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
Sep 1, 2026
1
Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
Sep 1, 2026
2
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
Sep 1, 2026
1
Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
Sep 1, 2026
1
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Aug 31, 2026
1
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
Aug 31, 2026
2
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Aug 31, 2026
1
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
Aug 31, 2026
2
Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
Aug 31, 2026
1
Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
Aug 31, 2026
1
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
Aug 31, 2026
4
Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
Aug 31, 2026
1
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
Aug 31, 2026
1
WilletTringa semipalmata
Aug 31, 2026
2
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Aug 31, 2026
1
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Aug 31, 2026
1
Cooper's HawkAstur cooperii
Aug 31, 2026
1
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
Aug 31, 2026
1
Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
Aug 31, 2026
2
Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Aug 31, 2026
1
Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
Aug 30, 2026
20
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Aug 30, 2026
8
SanderlingCalidris alba
Aug 30, 2026
7
Least TernSternula antillarum
Aug 30, 2026
1
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Aug 30, 2026
1
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Aug 30, 2026
1
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
Aug 30, 2026
1
Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
Aug 30, 2026
3
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
Aug 30, 2026
1
Clapper RailRallus crepitans
Aug 30, 2026
1
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
Aug 30, 2026
2
Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
Aug 30, 2026
7
Common TernSterna hirundo
Aug 29, 2026
1
Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
Aug 26, 2026
1
Aug 26, 2026
3
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
Aug 23, 2026
1
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Aug 23, 2026
2
Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
Aug 23, 2026
1
American CootFulica americana
Aug 23, 2026
1
Least BitternBotaurus exilis
Aug 23, 2026
1

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