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  • The High Museum of Art

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    The High Museum of Art

    While we were in Atlanta, we had a chance to visit the Art Museum.  We wanted to see the Gordon Parks exhibition.

  • Georgia Aquarium

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    Georgia Aquarium

    Continuing along the wildlife theme, although we move from birds to sea creatures (and the wild to an aquarium), while in Atlanta we visited the Georgia Aquarium.  They offer several standing exhibits as well as shows.  We were going to attend the Dolphin show, but as we stood in line we found out photographs were…

  • Great Egret

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    Great Egret

    The Great Egret is another large bird, standing between 80 and 180 cms. I took this shot in Okefenokee, east entrance.  In this part of the swamp there is a driving route running several kilometres with stops along the way.  At one of the stops is a boardwalk that takes visitors out into the swamp leading…

  • Great Blue Heron

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    Great Blue Heron

    The Great Blue Heron is a large bird, standing at between 70 – 180 cms tall. We were bicycling along one of the many bike paths on Jekyll Island, Georgia, when we came across this resting Heron.  He was in this position for at least an hour; it could have been longer, but we left.…

  • White Ibis

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    White Ibis

    The White Ibis ranges in size from 24 – 80cm.  The shots below were taken in Okefenokee (West Entrance), the first as we took an early morning walk along the boardwalk. The second, late afternoon, while on a boat tour into the swamp area.    There are three entrances into Okefenokee, one on the East side,…