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Nashville Photo Meet Up Group Goes to the Nashville Zoo
By piphoto | June 28, 2008
I recently heard a couple of classmates of mine talking about a Photography Meet Up Group here in the Nashville, TN area. So I decided I’d look up the group at MeetUp.com and check them out. After seeing the level of participation and the work of some of the members, I decided to sign up for the group. I’m really glad I did. This group is filled with quite a few very talented photographers and very nice and friendly folks as well.
The group tries to do at least one meet up a month. This month’s meet up was at the Nashville Zoo at Grassmere. The zoo was originally located in Joelton, TN, which is just to the north of Nashville. In 1996 the zoo moved to its current location at Grassmere. There a many wonderful, creepy, and funny animals to see at the zoo as well as a play area for the kids and the Grassmere Historic Farm.
As you first enter the zoo there are a number of birds perched on limbs watching the show of humans parading by.
There is also another bird exhibit called Lorikeet Landing. This area is enclosed with a double “door” system so the birds can’t fly away. There are some very colorful (and quite noisy) birds in this exhibit. I’d say this was my favorite stop of the day. You can purchase a small cup of “nectar” to feed to the birds. If you hold the cup out really still and close to the limb the birds are on, they will drink the nectar from the cup.
There were three elephants out the day we went. I think they knew we were there and must have been camera shy because they wouldn’t turn around for a real elephant portrait. I got as good a shot as I could though.
It was a pretty hot day the day we went so many of the animals were just looking to find a shady spot to lie down in. Alligators, being cold blooded, rather prefer the heat and they were leisurely enjoying basking in the sun.
The zoo has a number of big kitties. One of there two tigers is a white tiger which is very beautiful.
Along with the tigers there is a Lynx, a cougar, and a leopard. The image below is of the leopard. You can see how the cats, especially, were trying to stay cool in the heat of the day. The others didn’t want to come out of there shay spots long enough for a photo op!
Of course everybody enjoys the monkeys. The zoo has quite a few primates. The images below are Ringtail Lemurs, Schmidt’s Guenon (x2), and a Siamang.
The Nashville Zoo is a great place for anyone, as they say, “for kids of all ages”. If you make it to the Nashville area stop by and see it. Its fun and informative, and after all the animals love the company!
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