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A Red-shouldered Hawk is silhouetted against an orange sunrise at Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge. From the OspreyWatch project.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Buteo lineatus, Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, PINWR, Red-shouldered Hawk
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A curious cow looks through the fence at what is off limits to her at Treasure Hammock Ranch. From the Florida Cattle Ranch project.
Categories: Scenery • Tags: cattle, cow, Florida Cattle Ranch, Treasure Hammock Ranch
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Before long the Glass Bank in Cocoa Beach is razed to the ground and nothing is left except a pile of rubble and debris to clear away as seen in this night view. Amazingly, when all is said and done, only an empty dirt lot filling with grass is left on the spot where a building of local importance once stood. History swallows its own and leaves no trace. I hope you enjoyed this five-part photo essay as much as […]
Categories: Dog's Tail • Tags: Atlantic Nautilus, Cocoa Beach, Cocoa Beach Branch, Demolition, First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Cocoa, Glass Bank, Ramon's Rainbow Room, Sky Room, Space Coast
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The Glass Bank demolition in Cocoa Beach looks good in color but even better in black and white! The building is almost down in these views from a walk around of the site. The little mural of the green dolphin that we saw in yesterday’s post is still there but the end is coming quick. The dolphin can be seen in this black and white image about mid-center and toward the right and more clearly in the color close-up below. […]
Categories: Dog's Tail • Tags: Atlantic Nautilus, Cocoa Beach, Cocoa Beach Branch, Demolition, First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Cocoa, Glass Bank, Ramon's Rainbow Room, Sky Room, Space Coast
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Views of the ongoing demolition of the Glass Bank in Cocoa Beach as seen from all angles. In a small park across from the Glass Bank is a statue of famed local surfer Kelly Slater, which makes for a great composition along with the ruins. Note the little green dolphin mural in the alcove about halfway up on the right. Closer view tomorrow. From somewhere within the Glass Bank came these arcade games. Tomorrow is another day and another visit […]
Categories: Dog's Tail • Tags: Atlantic Nautilus, Cocoa Beach, Cocoa Beach Branch, Demolition, First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Cocoa, Glass Bank, Ramon's Rainbow Room, Sky Room, Space Coast
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The demolition of Cocoa Beach’s Glass Bank begins with a test incursion into the structure. Tomorrow the demolition begins in earnest.
Categories: Dog's Tail • Tags: Atlantic Nautilus, Cocoa Beach, Cocoa Beach Branch, Demolition, First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Cocoa, Glass Bank, Ramon's Rainbow Room, Sky Room, Space Coast
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A prominent feature of the Cocoa Beach skyline was razed to the ground in 2015. The Glass Bank stood looming over A-1-A since its construction in the early 1960s, a futuristic homage to the Space Age going on just up the road at nearby Cape Canaveral. Over the next five days we look back at the building and its destruction. A promotional postcard from the early 1960s shows the building at its best. The top floor featured a restaurant with […]
Categories: Dog's Tail • Tags: Atlantic Nautilus, Cocoa Beach, Cocoa Beach Branch, Demolition, First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Cocoa, Glass Bank, Ramon's Rainbow Room, Sky Room, Space Coast
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Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge attracts many visitors during the winter migration like this American Robin. From the OspreyWatch project.
Categories: Nature • Tags: American Robin, Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, PINWR, Robin, Turdus migratorius
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Another colorful morning at Treasure Hammock Ranch with a little bit of fog on the pasture. Note the white Cattle Egrets mixed in with the cattle. From the Florida Cattle Ranch project.
Categories: Scenery • Tags: cattle, Florida Cattle Ranch, pasture, sunrise, Treasure Hammock Ranch
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Remembering more fond memories from the Crab Program photography shoots, which turned into a wonderful presentation for Halloween! My fascination with Ocypode quadrata continues with various shots of Ghost Crabs on the beach after a gold-tinged sunset. Ghost Crabs can see 360-degrees around with their eyestalks, except for directly overhead, so this Ghost Crab may not have a good view of me looming overhead with the camera. On the other hand, this Crab can clearly see me taking a picture […]
Categories: Nature • Tags: Atlantic Ghost Crab, beach, eyestalk, Flashback Friday, Ghost Crab, Ocypode quadrata, seaweed, sunset
