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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 Laughing Gull, Royal Tern, Anhinga in the area.

369
All-Time Species
128
Sightings (14 days)
Florida
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Species
Date Spotted
Count
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
Nov 4, 2026
1
Royal TernThalasseus maximus
Nov 4, 2026
3
AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Nov 4, 2026
1
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Nov 4, 2026
2
Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens
Nov 4, 2026
1
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Nov 4, 2026
2
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Nov 4, 2026
1
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Nov 4, 2026
8
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Nov 4, 2026
1
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
Nov 4, 2026
1
Florida Scrub-JayAphelocoma coerulescens
Nov 4, 2026
2
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
Nov 4, 2026
1
Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Nov 4, 2026
1
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
Nov 4, 2026
1
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
Nov 4, 2026
1
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Nov 4, 2026
2
Great EgretArdea alba
Nov 4, 2026
1
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Nov 4, 2026
1
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
Nov 4, 2026
2
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
Nov 4, 2026
2
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Nov 4, 2026
2
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
Nov 4, 2026
1
Green HeronButorides virescens
Nov 4, 2026
1
American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
Nov 4, 2026
1
Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
Nov 4, 2026
1
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Nov 4, 2026
1
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Nov 3, 2026
6
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
Nov 3, 2026
5
Black VultureCoragyps atratus
Nov 3, 2026
8
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Nov 3, 2026
7
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
Nov 3, 2026
1
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Nov 3, 2026
4
Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
Nov 3, 2026
1
Wood StorkMycteria americana
Nov 3, 2026
1
Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
Nov 3, 2026
1
Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
Nov 2, 2026
1
SoraPorzana carolina
Nov 2, 2026
1
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
Nov 2, 2026
10
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Nov 2, 2026
1
Prairie WilletTringa inornata
Nov 2, 2026
1
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Nov 2, 2026
1
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
Nov 2, 2026
1
White IbisEudocimus albus
Nov 2, 2026
1
Nov 2, 2026
2
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Nov 2, 2026
1
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
Nov 2, 2026
1
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Nov 2, 2026
1
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Nov 2, 2026
1
Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Nov 2, 2026
5
Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
Nov 2, 2026
4
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
Nov 2, 2026
1
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Nov 2, 2026
1
DunlinCalidris alpina
Nov 2, 2026
1
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
Nov 2, 2026
1
Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
Nov 2, 2026
2
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Nov 2, 2026
1
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
Nov 2, 2026
1
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Nov 1, 2026
2
Forster's TernSterna forsteri
Nov 1, 2026
6
Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
Nov 1, 2026
7
Clapper RailRallus crepitans
Nov 1, 2026
1
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
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
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Oct 31, 2026
2
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Oct 31, 2026
1
Sedge WrenCistothorus stellaris
Oct 31, 2026
1
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
Oct 31, 2026
1
Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula
Oct 31, 2026
5
Northern GannetMorus bassanus
Oct 31, 2026
1
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
Oct 31, 2026
1
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
Oct 31, 2026
2
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
Oct 31, 2026
1
Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Oct 31, 2026
1
Oct 31, 2026
1
Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
Oct 31, 2026
18
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
Oct 31, 2026
2
Eastern Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
Oct 31, 2026
2
Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
Oct 31, 2026
3
Rock PigeonColumba livia
Oct 31, 2026
7
Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Oct 31, 2026
3
Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
Oct 31, 2026
6
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Oct 31, 2026
1
SanderlingCalidris alba
Oct 31, 2026
9
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Oct 31, 2026
3
Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
Oct 31, 2026
1
Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
Oct 31, 2026
4
MerlinFalco columbarius
Oct 31, 2026
1
White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
Oct 31, 2026
1
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
Oct 31, 2026
1
Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
Oct 31, 2026
1
European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Oct 31, 2026
4
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
Oct 31, 2026
1
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
Oct 31, 2026
5
Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
Oct 31, 2026
2
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
Oct 31, 2026
1
Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Oct 29, 2026
1
Least BitternBotaurus exilis
Oct 29, 2026
2
Oct 29, 2026
4
Short-tailed HawkButeo brachyurus
Oct 29, 2026
1
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
Oct 29, 2026
1
American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
Oct 29, 2026
2
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
Oct 29, 2026
1
Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
Oct 29, 2026
1
Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
Oct 29, 2026
2
Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana
Oct 29, 2026
1
DickcisselSpiza americana
Oct 29, 2026
1
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
Oct 29, 2026
2
Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
Oct 27, 2026
3
LimpkinAramus guarauna
Oct 27, 2026
1
Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
Oct 27, 2026
1
Wood DuckAix sponsa
Oct 27, 2026
1
Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
Oct 27, 2026
1
Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Oct 27, 2026
1
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Oct 26, 2026
2
Oct 26, 2026
1
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Oct 25, 2026
1
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
Oct 24, 2026
1
Gray-headed SwamphenPorphyrio poliocephalus
Oct 24, 2026
1
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Oct 24, 2026
2
Oct 24, 2026
2
Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
Oct 24, 2026
1
Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
Oct 24, 2026
2
Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
Oct 24, 2026
1
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
Oct 23, 2026
1

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