#merrittisland — Public Fediverse posts

‘Don’t want all these people:’ Residents complain new Merritt Island apartments would worsen traffic

MERRITT ISLAND, Fla. – A growing Brevard County community hasn’t built a new apartment complex in decades, and…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #BreakingNews #BrevardCounty #development #growth #Headlines #MerrittIsland #Topstories #TopStories
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/417948/

‘Don’t want all these people:’ Residents complain new Merritt Island apartments would worsen traffic

MERRITT ISLAND, Fla. – A growing Brevard County community hasn’t built a new apartment complex in decades, and…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #BreakingNews #BrevardCounty #development #growth #Headlines #MerrittIsland #Topstories #TopStories
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/417948/

Boaters warned to steer clear of endangered whales off Merritt Island

MERRITT ISLAND, Fla. – A new warning has been issued for boaters near Merritt Island after a critically-endangered…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #BrevardCounty #endangered #Environment #Florida #MerrittIsland #rightwhales #Science #Whales
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/360049/

Boaters warned to steer clear of endangered whales off Merritt Island

MERRITT ISLAND, Fla. – A new warning has been issued for boaters near Merritt Island after a critically-endangered…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #BrevardCounty #endangered #Environment #Florida #MerrittIsland #rightwhales #Science #Whales
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/360049/

𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬

✧ dusky seaside sparrow ✧

The dusky seaside sparrow (Ammospiza maritima nigrescens) was a non-migratory subspecies of the seaside sparrow, found in Florida in the natural salt marshes of Merritt Island and along the St. Johns River. Discovered in 1872 by Charles Johnson Maynard, it was distinguished from other seaside sparrows by its dark...

#MerrittIsland #WaltDisneyWorld #Florida #DiscoveryIsland #Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dusky_seaside_sparrow

A Great Blue #Heron walks across a shallow #pond in the Merritt Island National #Wildlife Refuge.
It seems to be taking its steps carefully and is looking backward to create an excellent profile #photograph.

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#GreatBlueHeron #ArdeaHerodias #Bird #Waterfowl #MINWR #Wetlands #BirdsOfMastodon #NationalWildlifeRefuge #MerrittIsland #Marsh #WildlifePhotography #Photography

#Female #birds often have different, and less #showy, #plumage than #males.
This female American #Wigeon is an example when compared to the male’s bold, green head #feathers.

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#AmericanWigeon, #MarecaAmericana, #Duck, #MINWR, #MerrittIsland, #BirdsOfMastodon, #Waterfowl, #WildlifePhotography, #Photograph

#Female #birds often have different, and less #showy, #plumage than #males.
This female American #Wigeon is an example when compared to the male’s bold, green head #feathers.

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#AmericanWigeon, #MarecaAmericana, #Duck, #MINWR, #MerrittIsland, #BirdsOfMastodon, #Waterfowl, #WildlifePhotography, #Photograph

#Female #birds often have different, and less #showy, #plumage than #males.
This female American #Wigeon is an example when compared to the male’s bold, green head #feathers.

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#AmericanWigeon, #MarecaAmericana, #Duck, #MINWR, #MerrittIsland, #BirdsOfMastodon, #Waterfowl, #WildlifePhotography, #Photograph

#Female #birds often have different, and less #showy, #plumage than #males.
This female American #Wigeon is an example when compared to the male’s bold, green head #feathers.

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#AmericanWigeon, #MarecaAmericana, #Duck, #MINWR, #MerrittIsland, #BirdsOfMastodon, #Waterfowl, #WildlifePhotography, #Photograph

#Female #birds often have different, and less #showy, #plumage than #males.
This female American #Wigeon is an example when compared to the male’s bold, green head #feathers.

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#AmericanWigeon, #MarecaAmericana, #Duck, #MINWR, #MerrittIsland, #BirdsOfMastodon, #Waterfowl, #WildlifePhotography, #Photograph

#Thistle is a common and #thorny #plant, but pollinators like bees and #butterflies are welcome at its #purple #flowers.

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#CirsiumHorridulum, #ApilMelliflera, #MerrittIsland, #MINWR, #Wildflower, #FlowersOfMastodon, #ThistleFlower, #Flower, #FloralPhotography, #Photograph

#Thistle is a common and #thorny #plant, but pollinators like bees and #butterflies are welcome at its #purple #flowers.

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#CirsiumHorridulum, #ApilMelliflera, #MerrittIsland, #MINWR, #Wildflower, #FlowersOfMastodon, #ThistleFlower, #Flower, #FloralPhotography, #Photograph

#Thistle is a common and #thorny #plant, but pollinators like bees and #butterflies are welcome at its #purple #flowers.

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#CirsiumHorridulum, #ApilMelliflera, #MerrittIsland, #MINWR, #Wildflower, #FlowersOfMastodon, #ThistleFlower, #Flower, #FloralPhotography, #Photograph

#Thistle is a common and #thorny #plant, but pollinators like bees and #butterflies are welcome at its #purple #flowers.

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#CirsiumHorridulum, #ApilMelliflera, #MerrittIsland, #MINWR, #Wildflower, #FlowersOfMastodon, #ThistleFlower, #Flower, #FloralPhotography, #Photograph

A #Gaillardia, or Blanket #Flower, in the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge.
These flowers flourish in the poor, sandy, and salty environment in #MINWR.
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#BloomScrolling, #FlowersOfMastodon, #BlanketFlower, #WildFlower, #MerrittIsland, #Photography

#MarshMadness: Two #waterfowl (#WaterBirdWednesday), a #RoseateSpoonbill / #Roseate #Spoonbill and a #TricoloredHeron / #Tricolored #Heron wading in the #marsh of the #MerrittIsland National #Wildlife Refuge, which is managed as the #briney marsh it started as.
https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/water-birds-in-the-marsh-heron-and-fox.html

The #MerrittIsland National #Wildlife Refuge or #MINWR occupies the northern parts of Merritt Island, north of Kennedy Space Center #KSC’s operational area.
The #brackish #marshes and #wetlands attract an enormous number of #birds of many #species, like #roseate #spoonbills, white #ibis, and #herons.
They are unique #habitat and unique to #photograph.
https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/bird-gathering-at-minwr-heron-and-fox.html

A #photograph of a United Launch Alliance #ULA #AtlasV #rocket in its 431 configuration, with a 4 meter diameter fairing, 3 solid rocket boosters #SRBs, and a single #RL10 engine on its #Centaur upper stage climbs up from its #launch pad.
This #photo was taken from #PlayalindaBeach in the Cape Canaveral National Seashore #CCNS, where a mile’s hike on the beach can bring you directly against the decrepit wire fence that marks the boundary between the parts of #MerrittIsland open to the public, and #NASA’s Kennedy Space Center’s #KSC operational area.
The perspective in this image makes one of those fraying wires seem like an obstacle to the #rocket approaching from below.
https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/atlas-v-with-echostar-xix-climbs-towards-wire-heron-and-fox.html