Pelican Island Audubon Society and the Indian River County Stormwater Division offered a birding field trip led by PIAS president Richard H. Baker, Ph.D. and IRC Stormwater Division Educator Alexis Peralta to the Egret Marsh Stormwater Park and Wildlife Sanctuary for the Sabal Circle of the Moorings Garden Club. What started out as a foggy, overcast day turned beautiful and hot by the time of the mid-morning trip. Lots of birds were seen as documented in the slide show below.
Egret Marsh Stormwater Park & Wildlife Sanctuary 
Heading back to the cars after a successful bird walk. 
Little Blue Heron 
Anhinga (male) 
Wood Stork 
Wood Stork 
Wood Stork 
Great Blue Heron 
Something new to see everywhere along the way. 
White Peacock Butterfly 
Anghinga (female) 
Great Blue Heron 
Double-crested Cormorant 
Look! What’s that over there! 
Loggerhead Shrike 
Common Gallinule 
Anhinga (female) 
Tricolored Heron 
American Alligator 
Heading out on the trail. 
White Ibis 
Wood Stork 
Northern Mockingbird 
Boat-tailed Grackle 
Red-shouldered Hawk 
Red-shouldered Hawk 
Looking for birds. 
Alexis Peralta with the IRC Stormwater Division explains the workings of the stormwater park. 
Alexis Peralta with the IRC Stormwater Division explains the workings of the stormwater park.
Photographs by Bob Montanaro.