February 2020 - Cape Canaveral wildlife refuge
While visiting the Space Coast with the hope of seeing a rocket launch (3 scrubs, no luck) we had an extra day to check out the large wildlife refuge on Cape Canaveral. We saw many great birds, and finally saw some manatees (after our failure to see them in Fort Myers a couple years ago).
While visiting the Space Coast with the hope of seeing a rocket launch (3 scrubs, no luck) we had an extra day to check out the large wildlife refuge on Cape Canaveral. We saw many great birds, and finally saw some manatees (after our failure to see them in Fort Myers a couple years ago).
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| A nice boardwalk at the Cape Canaveral wildlife refuge | A turtle out getting some sun | A baby turtle out walking on the fallen palms |
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| Family outside time | About an hour later a large alligator was enjoying that same platform | The oddest thing - a fake Canada goose in the pond. I guess to keep other geese out? |
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| A painted bunting at a feeder at the NWR | A gray catbird | A friendly red-winged blackbird |
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| A manatee! We actually saw one! | Showing off his fluke | |
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| A whole pod of manatees hanging out in the river | ||
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| A small alligator hanging out in the marsh | A Wilson's snipe. Snipe hunt successful! | |
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| A gray catbird hiding on the bank | A large pond full of birds | Some roseate spoonbills mixing in with everyone else |
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| A tricolored heron | Another one a bit later | A snowy egret |
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| Another beautiful snowy egret | A glossy ibis (juvenile) | Another gorgeous glossy ibis |
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| A common gallinule. There were many hanging out in the pond. | A pair of blue-winged teals | All of the ducks congregated on little islands in the pond |
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| A pied-billed grebe | A green heron | Grabbin some sun |