BioLab Rd on Merritt Island, 8/17/2013

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Tricolored Heron
I found all the normal wading birds and shorebirds on Bio Lab Rd today.  Wading bird highlights were the normal herons and egrets, both ibises, and Roseate Spoonbills. We also had a fair share of Stilt Sandpipers, both Dowitchers, both Yellowlegs, Semipalmated Plovers, and Least, Western and Semipalmated Sandpipers.

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Roseate Spoonbills
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Stilt Sandpiper
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Stilt Sandpiper
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Lesser Yellowlegs with Larvae of Horse Fly (I think)
I also found a small flock of shorebirds with dowitchers, yellowlegs and an interesting shorebird.  It's a Wilson's Phalarope!  It in the rear with a very thin needle-like bill, white throat, white rump, and pale lores.

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Dowitchers, Yellowlegs, Wilson's Phalarope
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Dowitchers, Yellowlegs, Wilson's Phalarope

Comments

  1. Looks like you had a nice day on the refuge! Wonderful images, Scott!

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  2. Thanks! It was a pretty nice morning.

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  3. Great photos, Scott! Did you go through Black Point? I think maybe I saw you...I drove Biolab before heading to Black Point; beautiful morning:)

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  4. I did drive Blackpoint. Sorry I missed you! My car battery died on the drive, so after getting a jump start, I had to keep the car running until I made it to a car parts store. So I drove Blackpoint a little fast. I didn't see a whole lot.

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  5. Oh no, I guess it was probably better to happen on Blackpoint than Biolab! I thought my car was going to get swallowed by a pot hole! There wasn't much to see on Blackpoint...

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