Spacecoast Birding Festival

This was my second year attending the Spacecoast Birding Festival in Titusville, Florida. Brevard County is a hot spot for birding with the highlight being Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge. People come from all over the US and some foreign countries to attend the festival. They have expert guides for both birding and photography classes, workshops and field trips. I participated in several birding fieldtrips to some new places including Salt Lake. The highlight of the festival was the Gull Fly-In at Daytona Beach Shores where hundreds if not thousands of gulls hang out on the beach at sunset before spending the night on the ocean. There were several expert guides who could identify different species of gulls, including first and second year juveniles. This years festival included a variety of weather conditions  from warm and dry to wet and cold on the last day.