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Birding at Merritt Island NWR: Featuring White Pelicans (1/27/25)

Birding at Merritt Island NWR: Featuring White Pelicans (1/27/25)

Rich Giannola January 27, 2025 February 13, 2025

For the second part of our trip to Merritt Island NWR today, we drove around East Gator Creek. We walked a little bit at first but then we decided to drive around the road. The highlight was seeing at least 50 white pelicans. Some of …

Birding at Merritt Island NWR: Featuring a Reddish Egret (1/27/25)

Birding at Merritt Island NWR: Featuring a Reddish Egret (1/27/25)

Rich Giannola January 27, 2025 February 12, 2025

For the first part of our trip to Merritt Island NWR today, we drove around Black Point Wildlife Drive. We stayed on this loop and also took the trail to the observation deck located behind the bathrooms. Some of the birds we saw today were …