Viera Wetlands Trip Report – May 31, 2022

We had a good showing of 18 birders at Viera Wetlands on the evening of 5/31. The Least Bitterns were out in full force and we saw about a dozen including a couple of babies and one flying right over our heads!  

  • Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
  • Common Gallinule
  • Limpkin
  • Anhinga
  • Least Bittern
  • Great Blue Heron
  • Great Egret
  • Snowy Egret
  • Little Blue Heron
  • Tri-colored Heron
  • Cattle Egret
  • Black-crowned Night Heron
  • White Ibis
  • Glossy Ibis
  • Roseate Spoonbill
  • Black Vulture
  • Turkey Vulture
  • Osprey
  • Fish Crow
  • Red-winged Blackbird
  • Common Grackle
  • Boat-tailed Grackle
  • Northern Cardinal
Least Bittern – photo by Megan Berg
Limpkin – photo by Megan Berg
Viera Wetlands – photo by Megan Berg