Melbourne, Florida, March 6-12, 2016 Part 2 - The beach Hangars Beach is next to Patrick Air Force Base.
Cynthia, Helen, and Bill walked on the beach.
Boat-tailed Grackle
Ring-billed Gull (upper left);
Herring Gull in second winter plumage (center);
Ruddy Turnstone (lower left)
This Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion was one of a formation of four that flew over the beach.
Fifteen minutes after I took that picture,
this heavily-beweaponed soldier walked onto the beach,
patroled in our area for a while, made a phone call, and left.