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Click thumbnail for larger image		Double-Crested Cormorant, Phalacrócorax auritus, Merritt Island NWR, Bio Lab Road on end of driftwood branch over water Family: Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants)
Click thumbnail for larger image		Great Egret, Ardea alba, Merritt Island NWR, Black Point Drive in water, ready to strike at prey Family: Ardeidae (Herons, Bitterns)
Click thumbnail for larger image		Boat-Tailed Grackle, Quiscalus major (female), Okeechobee KOA perched on palm tree trunk Family: Icteridae (Blackbirds)
Click thumbnail for larger image		Herring Gull, Lárus argentátus (immature - in second winter), Merritt Island NWR, Playalinda Beach skimming over surf Family: Laridae (Skuas, Gulls, Terns, Skimmers)
Click thumbnail for larger image		Tri-Colored Heron, Egretta tricolor, Merritt Island NWR, Black Point Drive in water ready to strike Family: Ardeidae (Herons, Bitterns)
Click thumbnail for larger image		Osprey, Pandion haliaetus, Merritt Island NWR, Kennedy Parkway landing on nest Family: Accipitridae (Hawks, Kites, Eagles)
Click thumbnail for larger image		Brown Pelican, Pelecánus occidentális, Canaveral Seashore, Mosquito Lagoon resting on dock Family: Pelecanidae (Pelicans)
Click thumbnail for larger image		Piping Plover, Charadrius melodus, Merritt Island NWR, Black Point Drive on edge of road Family: Charadriidae (Lapwings, Plovers)
Click thumbnail for larger image		Roseate Spoonbill, Ajai ajaja, Merritt Island NWR, Black Point Drive feeding w/early morning light Family: Threskiornithidae (Ibises, Spoonbills)
Click thumbnail for larger image		Lesser Yellowlegs Sandpiper, Tringa flavipes, (winter plumage), Merritt Island NWR, Black Point Drive feeding in water Family: Scolopacidae (Sandpipers, Phalaropes)
Click thumbnail for larger image		Common Tern, Stérna hirúnda, Canaveral Seashore, Mosquito Lagoon on piling in water facing into wind Family: Laridae (Skuas, Gulls, Terns, Skimmers)
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