Birding and more in Florida- February 2019
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge


Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge--mangroves and birds everywhere


Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge--mangroves and birds everywhere
Roseate spoonbill and  blue-winged teal
Roseate spoonbill and blue-winged teal


Bluewinged teals


Bluewinged teals
Roseate Spoonbill--adult
Roseate spoonbill - adult



Immature roseate spoonbill



Roseate spoonbill -- juvenile
The spoonbill feeds by swinging his bill back and forth
The spoonbill feeds by swinging his bill back and forth


Roseate spoonbill, blue-winged teal, and northern shovelers


Roseate spoonbill, blue-winged teal, and northern shovelers
Northern shovelers
Northern shovelers


Coots at Merritt Island


Coots at Merritt Island
Coots and blue-winged teal
Coots and blue-winged teal


Coot and female blue-winged teal


Coot and female blue-winged teal
American Coots
American Coots


Common moorhen


Common moorhen
Reddish egret - dark morph
Reddish egret - dark morph


Reddish egret fishing


Reddish egret fishing
Reddish egret courtship
Reddish egret courtship


White ibis


White ibis
White ibis
White ibis


Lesser yellowlegs


Lesser yellowlegs
Osprey
Osprey


Tri-colored heron


Great blue heron
and
from the front


Tri-colored heron
Snowy egret
Snowy egret


Caspian terns, snowy egrets, and a snowy plover


Caspian terms, snowy egrets, and a snowy plover
Caspian terns, ruddy turnstone, willett, black-bellied plover
Caspian terns, ruddy turnstones, willet, black-bellied plover


Willet


Willett
Glossy ibis
Glossy ibis


Glossy ibis


Glossy ibis
White pelican, glossy ibises, shoveler, blue-winged teal
White pelican, glossy ibises, shoveler, blue-winged teal


Great egret


Great egret
Great egret
Great egret


Roseate sponbill and great egret


Roseate sponbill and great egret
Cattle egret
Cattle egret


Cattle egret


Cattle egret
Little blue heron
Little blue heron


Immature little blue heron


Immature little blue heron
Killdeer
Killdeer


Anhinga


Anhinga
Anhinga
Anhinga


Gaillardia pulchella (Indian blanket)


Gaillardia pulchella (Indian blanket)
Alligator at Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge
Alligator at Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge


Ruddy turnstones at Sebastian Inlet State Park


Ruddy turnstones  at Sebastian Inlet State Park
Ruddy turnstones
Ruddy turnstones


Ruddy turnstone


Ruddy turnstone
Black skimmers at Sebastian Inlet State Park
Black skimmers at Sebastian Inlet State Park


Brown pelicans at Sebastian Inlet state park


Brown pelicans at Sebastian Inlet state park
Brown pelican at Key Largo
Brown pelican at Key Largo


Kestrel at Jonathan Dickinson State Park


Kestrel at Jonathan Dickinson State Park
Julia butterfly
Julia butterfly


Iguana in mangroves at Kay Largo


Iguana in mangroves at Kay Largo
Manatee at Key Largo
Manatee at Key Largo


Manatee inspecting our kayak


Manatee exploring our kayak
Brown anole
Brown anole


Curly tailed lizard


Curly tailed lizard
Fiddler crab
Fiddler crab


Sea anemones. mermaid's wine glass, and sargassum underwater at Key Largo


Sea anemones. mermaid's wine glass, and sargassum underwater at Key Largo
Green algae
Green algae


An upsidedown upsidedown jelly


An upsidedown upsidedown jelly
Upsidedown jelly
Upsidedown jelly


Ring-billed gull


Ring-billed gull
Skip birding
Skip looking for birds at Canaveral National Seashore


Kathy on glass bottomed boat going to John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park


Kathy on boat