. Where to find birds and enjoy natural history in Florida. Birds. Part III. East Coast Area CENTRAL BREVARD COUNTY COCOA - MERRITT ISLAND For the past eight years this area has led the country in species recorded on the Audubon Christmas Bird Counts. Anyone with only a short time in the district can hope to visit only the places where there are concentrations of birds. Such places are listed here and cover mostly water birds but many land birds will also be seen on these trips. CANAVERAL HARBOR—From Cocoa take Route 520 to Cocoa Beach; turn north at traffic light onto Route 401 for miles
. Where to find birds and enjoy natural history in Florida. Birds. Part III. East Coast Area CENTRAL BREVARD COUNTY COCOA - MERRITT ISLAND For the past eight years this area has led the country in species recorded on the Audubon Christmas Bird Counts. Anyone with only a short time in the district can hope to visit only the places where there are concentrations of birds. Such places are listed here and cover mostly water birds but many land birds will also be seen on these trips. CANAVERAL HARBOR—From Cocoa take Route 520 to Cocoa Beach; turn north at traffic light onto Route 401 for miles to unpaved road east along south side of harbor; turn north almost at once from that road on a sand road running out on fill in harbor. Diving birds are found in the ship slip and wading birds, shore birds, guUs and terns on the mud flats to the north. Even in summer Whimbrels and Great Black-backed Gulls are there. ENTRANCE TO CANAVERAL HARBOR: About 200 yards before reaching the harbor, turn east on paved road from Route 401; follow this where it swings north past the citrus processing plant and back around the Coast Guard Station to the south jetty of the entrance to the harbor. In winter when the shrimping fleet is here hundreds of pelicans, gulls and terns follow the boats in from the ocean. With them may be gannets, jaegers, etc. Examine the rocks of the jetties for shore birds. CANAVERAL BANANA RIVER CAUSEWAY— West from the road from Route 401 to the harbor entrance is the road to the new causeway and bridges across the Banana River to Merritt Island. The shores and shallow water on each side of the causeway are frequented by many kinds of water birds. When the bridge is opened to. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hundley, Margaret H. , ed. Maitland, Fla. , Florida Audubon Society
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