Rainy weather as the group left TV but we were spared this moisture at the Island. Even though it was cloudy and windy Thursday's total species was 79 and Wednesday added an additional 14 for a two day total of 93 species. For those of you who were kept home by the weather you missed, by far, our best birding venue, sorry. Merritt Island is just one of the best birding spots in Florida.

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Birds Seen Today:
American Wigeon, Mallard, Mottled Duck, Blue-Winged Teal, N. Shoveler, N. Pintail, Green-Winged Teal, Ring-Necked Duck, Lesser Scaup, Bufflehead, Hooded Merganser, Red-Breasted Merganser, Pied-Billed Grebe, Horned Grebe, American White Pelican, Brown Pelican, Double-Crested Cormorant, Anhinga, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Little Blue Heron Tricolored Heron, Reddish Egret, Green Heron, Black-Crowned Night-Heron, White Ibis, Glossy Ibis, Roseate Spoonbill, Wood Stork, Black Vulture, Turkey Vulture, Red-Shouldered Hawk, American Kestrel, Sora, Common Moorhen, American Coot, Black-Bellied Plover, Killdeer, Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs, Willet, Ruddy Turnstone, Sanderling, W. Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Dunlin, Laughing Gull, Ring-Billed Gull, Herring Gull, Great Black-Backed Gull, Caspian Tern, Royal Tern, Forster's Tern, Black Skimmer, Mourning Dove, Common Ground-Dove, Belted Kingfisher, Red-Bellied Woodpecker, Loggerhead Shrike, American Crow, Fish Crow, Tree Swallow, American Robin, European Starling, Yellow-Rumped Warbler, Palm Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Savannah Sparrow, Red-Winged Blackbird, Common Grackle, Boat-Tailed Grackle And Brown Headed Cowbird.


Birds Heard Today:
Carolina Wren And Eastern Meadowlark.

Additional birds seen on Wednesday:
Northern Gannet, Sandhill Crane, Short-Billed Dowitcher, Ruby-Throated Hummingbird, Downy Woodpecker, Blue Jay, Tufted Titmouse, Ruby-Crowned Kinglet, Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher, N. Mockingbird, N. Cardinal, Painted Bunting, Baltimore Oriole And Black Chinned Hummingbird.

Next up:
Sawgrass Preserve, Thursday January 24, meet at Belk's parking lot 7:45 am. Plan on a half day.

Regular Club Meeting:
January 26 at Paradise Ctr. 9:00 AM. Speaker is our founding father Norm Lantz and subject is "Warblers of Central Florida".