Southeast Volusia Audubon Society

On a beautiful morning, 9 dedicated birders started at 6 A.M. to catch the sunrise over the Indian River Lagoon at Seminole Rest. We saw Common Loon, terns, Red-breasted Merganser and Gulls along the shoreline, observed many birds flying in from the Islands to the mainland and listened to the lovely bird-songs at daybreak. On the way to and at Merritt Island we saw all the usual birds plus a male Painted Bunting eating poke berries and a Great Horned Owl setting on a nest. A trip around the Scrub Jay trail found the friendly birds. Also, most everyone saw the Eurasian Wigeon, a life bird for some. We counted 80 species overall. The complete list and some pictures follow.

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Gail

Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
Anhinga
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Reddish Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Green Heron
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
Wood Stork
Mottled Duck
Gadwall
Northern Pintail
American Wigeon
Eurasian Wigeon
Northern Shoveler
Blue-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Turkey Vulture
Black Vulture
Northern Harrier
Red-shouldered Hawk
Bald Eagle
Osprey
American Kestrel
Common Moorhen
American Coot
Sandhill Crane
Black-bellied Plover
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Marbled Godwit
Dunlin
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Short-billed Dowitcher
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Mourning Dove
Great Horned Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Kingbird
Loggerhead Shrike
White-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
Florida Scrub-Jay
Fish Crow
Tree Swallow
Carolina Wren
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Palm Warbler
Northern Cardinal
Painted Bunting
Savannah Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Boat-tailed Grackle

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