A trip to Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge yesterday was about the least productive, photographically speaking, I've ever experienced there. Couple that with the lack of birds at the Fort DeSoto workshop and it almost has me wondering where they all went since they don't seem to be in the normally reliable places I visit. In the case of Merritt though it may be that it was quite windy, cool, and there was a lot of traffic on Blackpoint Wildlife Drive.

The one positive if I were much of a 'lister" is that I saw my first ever Snow Goose in the state of Florida. They are rare here, somehow getting lost while migrating. It was hanging out for the most part in a raft of coots, not well placed for decent photography either. Here it is anyway:

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