Share your wildlife & native plant observations from the Cruickshank Trail, which has a wonderful population of Scrub Jays and gopher tortoises.
The longest hiking trail at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, the 4.8-mile Allan Cruickshank Memorial Trail honors a local ornithologist and National Audubon Society staff member who advocated for protection of these sweeping wet ...more ↓
Share your wildlife & native plant observations from the Cruickshank Trail, which has a wonderful population of Scrub Jays and gopher tortoises.
The longest hiking trail at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, the 4.8-mile Allan Cruickshank Memorial Trail honors a local ornithologist and National Audubon Society staff member who advocated for protection of these sweeping wet landscapes when NASA began plans for Kennedy Space Center in 1962. Most visitors only take a short walk out to the observation platform over the salt marsh and the observation tower above the impoundments, but walking the full loop will let you enjoy birding along a breezy shore of the Indian River Lagoon.
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