We had a great time visiting several GFBWT sites in South Brevard and Indian River Counties on October 6th. Highlights were Peregrine Falcons migrating south over each location and a Baltimore Oriole at Sebastian Inlet South (Indian River County). We saw the following birds at each site.
Coconut Point Sanctuary (Ponce De Leon First Landing Park)
- Sanderling
- Brown Pelican
- Black Vulture
- Osprey
- Peregrine Falcon
Sebastian Inlet SP (Indian River Co.)
- Eurasian Collared-Dove
- Mourning Dove
- Killdeer
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Laughing Gull
- Forster’s Tern
- Royal Tern
- Wood Stork
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Brown Pelican
- Great Blue Heron
- Great Egret
- Snowy Egret
- White Ibis
- Osprey
- Belted Kingfisher
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Downy Woodpecker
- Peregrine Falcon
- Blue Jay
- Northern Mockingbird
- Baltimore Oriole
- Northern Parula
- Palm Warbler
Sebastian Inlet SP (Brevard Co.)
- Rock Pigeon
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Willet
- Laughing Gull
- Royal Tern
- Black Skimmer
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Brown Pelican
- Great Blue Heron
- Great Egret
- Snowy Egret
- Reddish Egret
- White Ibis
- Black Vulture
- Turkey Vulture
- Osprey
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Boat-tailed Grackle
Barrier Island Sanctuary
- Common Ground Dove
- Laughing Gull
- Royal Tern
- Magnificent Frigatebird
- Brown Pelican
- Black Vulture
- Osprey
- Peregrine Falcon
South Beach Community Park (Honest John’s Fish Camp)
- Anhinga
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Brown Pelican
- Osprey
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Peregrine Falcon
