Birding Biolab Road~Pretty in Pink..

Howdee all,

This past week we have been in Titusville....Stuck in Service for Homey…

Oh~ poor us..

Guess we should go look at some birds..

Jeff and I did a quick drive on Gator Road..

Our destination was Biolab Road..

We stopped before the road to see if we could find some Scrub Jays..

There was a prescribed burn here a few days before..

I left with my feet as black as these Vultures..

Jeff found the Scrub Jay and digiscoped it..

We then headed to Biolab road…

We were looking for Stilt Sandpipers that had be reported here..

We found them..

We continued on

that’s when we saw pink..

Roseate spoonbill

A magnificent trio here..

Roseate, Tri-colored Heron, Black-necked Stilt

Close up of the lovely Spoonbill

Tri-colored Heron and Stilt

Love those pink legs!

Trio in Pink..

Jeff digiscoping ~

he covers his head with a towel s that he can see the screen of his camera better.

I had fun taking photos of the Spoonbill also~

We left the Spoonbills and continued on Biolab Road

White Pelican Bonanza

We find a Green Heron..

And ~

if you haven't had enough of the Spoonbills..

Jeff Digiscoped these~

Here's lookin at ya..

What a face..

Cute Pair..

Love them!

  I was playing around with one of the Roseate photos..and came up with this`

~I thought it would make a cool notecard~

Jeff and I are on our way to North Carolina as I type this! We had a fabulous time in Florida this winter.

Time to migrate north…

Cant wait to see Sicksta and her family!

42 species (+1 other taxa)

Mottled Duck   
Blue-winged Teal   
Northern Shoveler   
Pied-billed Grebe   
Double-crested Cormorant   
American White Pelican   
Brown Pelican   
Great Blue Heron   
Great Egret   
Little Blue Heron   
Tricolored Heron  
Reddish Egret  
Green Heron  
White Ibis  
Glossy Ibis  
Roseate Spoonbill  
Black Vulture  
Turkey Vulture  
Osprey  
hawk sp.  
American Coot  
Black-bellied Plover  
Killdeer  
Black-necked Stilt  
Lesser Yellowlegs  
Sanderling  
Dunlin  
Stilt Sandpiper  
Caspian Tern  
Royal Tern  
Red-bellied Woodpecker  
Northern Flicker  
Florida Scrub-Jay  
House Wren  
Gray Catbird  
Northern Mockingbird  
Northern Parula  
Eastern Towhee  
Savannah Sparrow  
Northern Cardinal  
Red-winged Blackbird  
Eastern Meadowlark  
Boat-tailed Grackle  

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Black Point Drive~Merritt Island NWR

Howdee all,

While in Titusville one of our favorite places to bird is Black Point Road.

We always see birds..

Peep Peep

Coot

Great Egret

Tri-colored Heron

Birds :)

Blue-winged Teal~Dunlin

Yellowlegs

More coot

Yellowlegs and Dunlin

Jeff checking out the birds

Behind the shrubs..far away…hundreds of White Pelican and if you look closely..

Roseate Spoonbill on the right..

Duck jackpot..

Mostly Scaup

Oh what have we here?

American Avocet amongst the ducks.

A tri-colored heron with the Scaup

Avocet, Blue-winged Teal and Scaup

Resting…

Photos digascoped by Jeff

What a beauty!

Greater Scaup? Jeff says it is

Greater Scaup in the back..

Lesser in the front…Do you agree?

Snowies in a row..

Snow time!

Tri-colored Heron

Snowing again..

Yellowlegs are everywhere…

It’s a beautiful drive..I get out and walk much of it..

Oh what have we here?

Birds with pink tights..

Black-necked Stilt

Gorgeous birds!

We ended the trip with distant views of Glossy Ibis..

Wonderful day in Merritt Island NWR

Merritt Island NWR--Black Point Wildlife Dr., Brevard, US-FL
Mar 27, 2012 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
7.0 mile(s)
Comments:      <br />Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.1
48 species

Mottled Duck  
Blue-winged Teal  
Northern Shoveler  
Greater Scaup  
Lesser Scaup  
Pied-billed Grebe  
Double-crested Cormorant  
Anhinga  
American White Pelican  
Great Blue Heron  
Great Egret  
Snowy Egret  
Little Blue Heron  
Tricolored Heron  
Reddish Egret  
Green Heron  
White Ibis  
Glossy Ibis  
Roseate Spoonbill  
Black Vulture  
Turkey Vulture  
Osprey  
Bald Eagle  
Common Gallinule  
American Coot  
Black-bellied Plover  
Killdeer  
Black-necked Stilt  
American Avocet  
Greater Yellowlegs  
Willet (Western)  
Lesser Yellowlegs  
Red Knot  
Western Sandpiper  
Least Sandpiper  
Dunlin  
Ring-billed Gull  
Caspian Tern  
Forster's Tern  
Mourning Dove  
Belted Kingfisher  
Northern Mockingbird  
Common Yellowthroat  
Savannah Sparrow  
Northern Cardinal  
Red-winged Blackbird  
Eastern Meadowlark  
Boat-tailed Grackle  

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)