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"Viera" Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands
262 species and 253,243 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–April, with up to 167 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Great EgretArdea alba
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
American White IbisEudocimus albus
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
American CootFulica americana
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
OspreyPandion haliaetus149 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 262 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Orlando Wetlands44 km253 species
- Merritt Island NWR – Black Point Wildlife Drive48 km269 species
- Merritt Island NWR48 km314 species
- Joe Overstreet Rd. and Landing54 km232 species
- Mead Botanical Gardens71 km206 species
All 262 species recorded here
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Sora Porzana carolina
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Florida Scrub Jay Aphelocoma coerulescens
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Bachman's Sparrow Peucaea aestivalis
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Brown-headed Nuthatch Sitta pusilla
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Blue-crowned Parakeet Thectocercus acuticaudatus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at "Viera" Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands?
November–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 167 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at "Viera" Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands?
262 species, from 253,243 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at "Viera" Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Blue Heron, Anhinga, Great Egret, Common Gallinule and American White Ibis.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.