Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge – 9/15/12
So we watched a nice sunrise, found some interesting birds, and enjoyed being out in nature. All in all, a very good morning.
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Weekend with Wilson
Kevin M. has been using the Audubon Birds of North America app, which has links to bird sightings on eBird. With this, you can search for nearby birds, activity at birding hotspots, and even see reports of recent notable and rare bird sightings. Using the app, he discovered that Wilson’s Pharalopes were on Bio-lab road at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge last week, so we decided to try to spot them.
Central Florida Bird update
The spring migration has made the last few weeks an intense time for birding in Central Florida. There was a fall out in Fort Desoto in late April where my friend Kevin M. sighted 110 different bird species in one day! As those migrants moved on, other locations have also seen quite a few visitors, especially smaller birds.
The activity at Blackpoint Wildlife Drive in Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Orlando Wetlands Park, and Viera Wetlands is slowing down from the peak nesting and breeding season. Most of the young ones are hatched, grown, and fledged, although you can still find some amazing sights such as a White Eyed Vireo nest next to the boardwalk at the MINWR visitors center.
The Falcon and the Redheads
We’d heard about a sighting of a Redhead duck and wanted to see if we could find it and sure enough, we came across it after just a little while. I think it’s amazing how a few bits of information over the internet can lead to sighting a semi-rare (for Florida) bird. It’s a great time to enjoy this kind of thing.
Jetty Park and Merritt Island – 12 Feb 2012
Jetty Park and MINWR are great places to visit and very active right now. If you haven’t been recently, go!
Merritt Island – January 2012
Four of us from the Photography Interest Group visited the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge yesterday for the first time this year. It was a beautiful morning and this place is rockin’!!
Merritt Island Scouting Report – Saturday, December 10
Unlike some previouse trips to BPWD, there are huge numbers of birds there now. It’s a great time to visit – The water levels are high and the winter visitors have started to arrive!
Two life birds today at MINWR!
While there we also saw another bird that I didn’t recognize. It turns out this is a White Crested Sparrow and they’re supposed to be rare in Florida. My second life bird of the day!
MINWR is a big place!
The more I learn about Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, the bigger and better it seems. I’ve been visiting Blackpoint Wildlife Drive for several years, but only recently started exploring other locations in the Refuge . If you only have a short time to visit, Blackpoint’s a great place to see – but there’s so much more. If you have time, visit East Gator Creek Road, Shiloh Marsh Road, Bio-Lab Road, Scrub Ridge Trail and other areas.
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge – Fall is here!
Well, Fall has arrived here in Central Florida. It’s rescued us from our too hot climate and given us a few days of wonderful cool weather. So it’s a perfect time to get out and photograph our area’s nature and wildlife, and Kevin M. and I took off early this morning to re-visit Merritt Island … Continue reading Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge – Fall is here!