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Remembering a January 2014 visit to ORCA with Sam to see the bees. At the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area today where I shot more bees on privet. And Sam enjoyed the warm Sun in the cool, winter air.
Categories: Nature • Tags: bees, dog, Flashback Friday, Florida, Indian River County, macro photography, ORCA, Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, privet, Vero Beach
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Revisiting a walk with Sam the dog out at Treasure Hammock Ranch for National Dog Day. I finally make it out to Treasure Hammock Ranch for a walk with Susan Boyd and, of course, what had been a sunny day turns cloudy with rain moving in. Still, though it was fairly dark and cloudy, there were still some good bird pictures to be teased out of the gloom. Here is a sampling. . . . Sean Sexton and Dino wait […]
Categories: Nature • Tags: American Kestrel, Calves, cattle, Cows, dog, Eastern Meadowlark, Indian River County, Loggerhead Shrike, Love Bugs, Mike Sexton, National Dog Day, radish, Sandhill Crane, Sean Sexton, Susan Boyd, Treasure Hammock Ranch, turnip, Vero Beach, wildlife photography
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Condorama Florida
Categories: Scenery • Tags: Condo, Indian River Lagoon, Vero Beach
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The following text is from the historical marker at the island’s entrance: River travel was vital to the early human activity of Florida and the Indian River area. In the early 1900s, efforts began to dredge the Indian River. By the 1930s, the U.S. Corps of Engineers routinely maintained this channel called the Intracoastal Waterway. After World War II the channel was once again slated for dredging and Alex MacWilliam, Sr., a veteran and member of the Florida Legislature, proposed […]
Categories: Night Gallery • Tags: Indian River Lagoon, Memorial Island, Vero Beach, Veterans Memorial Island Sanctuary
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Eastern Cottontail Rabbit in the grass at Riverside Park.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Eastern Cottontail, Indian River County, rabbit, Riverside Park, Sylvilagus floridanus, Vero Beach
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A view of the old downtown area of Vero Beach, Florida.
Categories: Eccentricities • Tags: Florida, Indian River County, Vero Beach
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A view of the old downtown area of Vero Beach, Florida.
Categories: Eccentricities • Tags: Florida, Indian River County, Vero Beach
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A view of the old downtown area of Vero Beach, Florida.
Categories: Eccentricities • Tags: Florida, Indian River County, Vero Beach
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Despite the cacophony of aerial contraptions blasting overhead, this Northern Mockingbird at the Vero Beach Airport took the Friday afternoon practice for the air show completely in stride.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Florida, Mimus polyglottos, Northern Mockingbird, Vero Beach, Vero Beach Air Show
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The old electrical power plant in downtown Vero Beach, formally the Vero Beach Diesel Power Plant, seen here gutted during an environmental cleanup, is now a popular micro-brewery. The building was constructed in 1926. For a time it looked like an ancient temple to the power gods, now it is just a fancy place to tie one on.
Categories: Scenery • Tags: American Icon Brewery, Indian River County, Vero Beach, Vero Beach Diesel Power Plant
