A Trip to Viera Wetlands

It seems like every other day I hear someone talking about all the great birds they see at Viera, so today we finally went. Though we missed the Crested Caracara and the Black-bellied Whistling Duck, we did see some other pretty cool birds, including four Limpkin (a life bird for me!)

Here's my list for the day:

Great Egret

Pied-billed Grebe

1. Blue-winged Teal
2. Green-winged Teal
3. Ring-necked Duck
4. Hooded Merganser
5. Pied-billed Grebe
6. Double-crested Cormorant
7. Anhinga
8. Great Blue Heron
9. Great Egret
10. Snowy Egret
11. Little Blue Heron
12. Tricolored Heron
13. Cattle Egret
14. White Ibis
15. Glossy Ibis
16. Wood Stork
17. Turkey Vulture
18. Osprey
19. Bald Eagle
20. Northern Harrier
21. Common Moorhen
22. American Coot
23. Limpkin
24. Sandhill Crane
25. Foster's Tern
26. Belted Kingfisher
27. Loggerhead Shrike
28. Tree Swallow
29. Palm Warbler
30. Common Yellowthroat
31. Savannah Sparrow
32. Red-winged Blackbird
33. Boat-tailed Grackle

Not too shabby for starting at noon and getting rained on multiple times, not to mention putting up with some pretty gusty winds. I also put together a short video with some of my pictures/videos I took today:

In case you're interested, here's the link to the Viera Wetlands website:
Viera Wetlands- Home



On the way home we passed this sign. Unfortunately, we were too late to discover what the PMS problem is, but it must be pretty good since this is the second part. I can't imagine what two sermons on this topic would entail, but I'm sure it'd be enlightening. Or something like that.