Merritt Island NWR

[Ira Runyan]

If you are planning to go to MINWR, don't waste your time going to the Black Point Wildlife Drive! Most of the water there is now gone... No Water = No Food = NO BIRDS to be found.

Look for the birds at the less known roads such as Gator Creek Road, Peacocks Pocket Road, Bio Lab Road, or Shilo Marsh Road. They may be poor roads, but that's where the birds are.......

These shots were taken at Shilo Marsh Road.

1. Spoonbill


2. Young Black Necked Stilt


3. Young Black Necked Stilt


4. Young Reddish Egret


5. Young Reddish Egret


6. Young Reddish Egret

[Eric D]

Nice set Ira...spot on snaps!!!

[scott-devon]

Great shots, love that last one.

[paulnj]

Very nice set of images! Last weekend I was in FL, but had no time for photography or a bird trip. But I seen 2 mississippi, 9 swallow tailed and one white tailed kites near Ocala. Found a short tailed hawk along 301 in the hawthorne area too and tried hard to get an image to no avail.