Some Birds from Merritt Island – Part 2

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Image of a Green Heron perched on a light gray branch facing right. The background is primarily green leaves from a mangrove tree. The cap on the bird’s head is blue-gray. Its back is a darker blue-gray. Its neck, breast and belly is brown with several thick, white stripes. The top of its beak is gray. The bottom of its beak, its legs and its eye are yellow.
Green Heron in the Mangroves;
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Titusville, Florida, USA; FEB 2023

A few of the other birds we saw at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge in Florida, USA.

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Image of a Little Blue Heron perched above the water on a mangrove tree branch, facing right. The branch is adorned with the green leaves of the mangrove tree. The water is alternately striped blue and gold. The bird’s body is a dark blue-gray Its beak and legs are a light blue-gray. Its beak has a black tip. Its eye is yellow.
Little Blue Heron;
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Titusville, Florida, USA; FEB 2023
Image of a Tri-colored heron wading in water, facing left. The background is rippled blue water. In the right upper quadrant of the image, the rippled water is reflecting brown from trees along the shore. The bird’s head, back of its neck and its wings are gray. The tips of its tail feathers are black. Its under feathers are white. Its neck is a reddish gray from the curve to the point where it joins the body. The front of its neck is spotted reddish brown and white. Its beak is long and yellow with a gray stripe on top. Its legs and eye are yellow.
Tri-colored Heron;
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Titusville, Florida, USA; FEB 2023
White Ibis;
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Titusville, Florida, USA; FEB 2023

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