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The Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival (Space Coast Flyways Festival) is held in January. [15] It attracts about 5,000 attendees, [16] the third largest in the US. The Welcome Back Songbirds Festival is held at the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge in April. [17] In 1987, Brevard hosted the last dusky seaside sparrow, now extinct. [18]
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge is a 140,000-acre (57,000 ha) U.S. National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) on the Atlantic coast of Florida's largest barrier island. NASA's Kennedy Space Center and visitor complex are also situated on the island and NASA can restrict access to the refuge based on its operational needs.
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Florida. Merritt Island NWR is one of the top birding sites along the Florida Atlantic coast. In winter, waterfowl and American Coots are abundant here; this is also a good site for northern pintails, Eurasian wigeons, and cinnamon teal. One of the most interesting parts of the refuge is a one-way ...
The Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival runs for four days in November, offering a wealth of field trips, keynote speakers, workshops and more. Shop Now JeffGoulden
Escape to brilliant bird-centric locations, like the World Birding Center, the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, or the Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail to find the likes of Green Kingfishers ...
Great Florida Birding and Wildlife Trail (GFBWT) is a 2,000 mile (3200 km) long collection of more than 500 locations in the U.S. state of Florida where the state's bird habitats are protected. The trail promotes birdwatching , environmental education and ecotourism .
Bird tracker: Most-sighted backyard birds in 50 states and D.C. during January Sue Flocco looks through her binoculars at birds at Carolina Beach State Park on Dec. 20, 2023.
Merritt Island is a peninsula, commonly referred to as an island, [4] in Brevard County, Florida, United States, located on the eastern Florida coast, along the Atlantic Ocean. It is also the name of an unincorporated town in the central and southern parts of the island and a census-designated place (CDP).