Black Point Wildlife Drive
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
Brevard County, Florida
Nov 2019

Camera - EOS 5DIII
Lens combo - EF 300mm f/2.8L IS II + 2xIII

The Snowy Egret is a small white heron. At one time, the beautiful plumes of the snowy egret were in great demand as decorations for women's hats. This reduced the population of the species to dangerously low levels. Now protected in the United States by law, this bird's population has rebounded.

Snowy Egret by Paul Sager, on Flickr


The Black Point Wildlife Drive is a 7-mile, one-way road that winds around several shallow marsh impoundments and pine flatwoods. The drive is within the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, on Florida's Altantic coast between Titusville and Melbourne.

Mottled Ducks


Many egrets are members of the genera Egretta or Ardea which also contain other species named as herons rather than egrets. The distinction between a heron and an egret is rather vague, and depends more on appearance than biology.

Great Egret


The Anhinga is a long-necked, long-tailed swimmer of southeastern swamps. Often seen perched on a snag above the water, with its wings half-spread to dry. It can vary its buoyancy in water, sometimes swimming with only head and neck above water (earning it the nickname of "Snakebird").

Anhinga


The American white ibis is found from Virginia via the Gulf Coast of the United States south through most of the coastal New World tropics. Their diet consists primarily of small aquatic prey, such as insects and small fishes. Crayfish are its preferred food in most regions, but it can adjust its diet according to the habitat and prey abundance. Its main foraging behavior is probing with its beak at the bottom of shallow water to feel for and capture its prey. It does not see the prey.

White ibis


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Black Point Wildlife Drive
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
Brevard County, Florida
Nov 2019

Camera - EOS 5DIII
Lens combo - EF 300mm f/2.8L IS II + 2xIII

The Snowy Egret is a small white heron. At one time, the beautiful plumes of the snowy egret were in great demand as decorations for women's hats. This reduced the population of the species to dangerously low levels. Now protected in the United States by law, this bird's population has rebounded.

The Black Point Wildlife Drive is a 7-mile, one-way road that winds around several shallow marsh impoundments and pine flatwoods. The drive is within the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, on Florida's Altantic coast between Titusville and Melbourne.

Many egrets are members of the genera Egretta or Ardea which also contain other species named as herons rather than egrets. The distinction between a heron and an egret is rather vague, and depends more on appearance than biology.

The Anhinga is a long-necked, long-tailed swimmer of southeastern swamps. Often seen perched on a snag above the water, with its wings half-spread to dry. It can vary its buoyancy in water, sometimes swimming with only head and neck above water (earning it the nickname of "Snakebird").

The American white ibis is found from Virginia via the Gulf Coast of the United States south through most of the coastal New World tropics. Their diet consists primarily of small aquatic prey, such as insects and small fishes. Crayfish are its preferred food in most regions, but it can adjust its diet according to the habitat and prey abundance. Its main foraging behavior is probing with its beak at the bottom of shallow water to feel for and capture its prey. It does not see the prey.

These images are sized to fill your wide-screen display. Try using <F11> to maximize your browser window for the full effect. If the images overshoot your display, such as a laptop, just click on the image or the URL link and they'll resize to your screen from the host Flickr site. You can click a bit further into the image details on the Flickr page, if desired. EXIF data is available from the host Flickr pages as well. On the Flickr site, use your <L>key for Large and the <F11> for the full-screen.