Sora

Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge Trip Report – 14 Jan 2017

Marilyn led 16 birders along Black Point Drive in MINWR on Saturday, 14 Jan 2016.  We had 67 species.  The highlights were: Clapper rail, Sora, American bittern, and snipe along with a host of other species.  See the complete list below and check out the wonderful pictures taken by some of the birders.  Thanks Fritz and Kit.

Pictures are Sora,  American bittern, and Bald Eagle

Common loon

Ring-bill gull

Osprey

Boat tail grackle

Willet

Rudy turnstone

Sanderling

Laughing gull

Morning dove

Black vulture

Turkey vulture

Wood stork

Great egret

Snowy Egret

White ibis

Glossy ibis

Tricolor heron

Blue wing teal

Snipe

Killdeer

Pied-billed grebe

Little blue heron

Green heron

Lesser yellow legs

Roseate spoonbill

Coots

Red-shouldered Hawk

Northern Shoveler

Avocet

Hooded merganser

White pelican

Tree swallow

Brown pelican

Common yellow throat

Red egret

Pintail

Cattle egret

Sora

Common gallinule

Cormorant

Anhinga

Catbird

Cardinal

Clapper rail

Harrier

Great blue heron

American bittern

Willett

Palm warbler

Yellow rump warbler

Bald eagle black skimmer

Yellow-bellied sapsucker

Shrike

Kingfisher

Red wing black birds

Fish crow

Black backed gulls

Mottled duck

Savannah sparrow

Shrike

Common grackle

Boat tailed grackle

Skimmer

Flicker (heard)

Mockingbird

Great horned owl

Starling