Osprey with Fish
Magnificent Frigatebird
Black-bellied Plover
Ruddy Turnstone
Royal Tern
Osprey
Laughing Gull
Laughing Gull, View 2
Dunlin
Black Scoters
Black Scoters, View 2
Northern Gannet
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70's/partly cloudy/windy
Most of the day was spent on the sand in Cocoa Beach off South Atlantic Ave. post Thanksgiving. The Magnificent Frigatebird showed up early, and several were seen, which is proving that pelagics are not only near land during breeding season.
The early birds were the gulls, terns, pelicans, Osprey, Dunlin, Black-bellied Plover, and Willets, among several others.
When the sun started cresting toward the west, it brought out the pelagics. The Northern Gannet was seen on the horizon, and I believe this photo was nearly a good half mile off. The Black Scoters were also all day birds, but these sea ducks wandered closer as time marched on. I don't think that they would have come any closer.
It was a wonderful final day, but unfortunately all good things come to an end. But see the other two adventures here:
https://debhirt.blogspot.com/2018/11/florida-birding-adventure-in-brevard.html
https://debhirt.blogspot.com/2018/11/florida-birding-adventure-in-brevard_30.html
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