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Shenandoah National
Park is located along the Skyline Drive in the Blue Ridge Mountains
of Virginia. There are 105-miles of road through the park with 75 overlooks
that offer many photographic opportunities. We will stop and enjoy some
of the many beautiful vistas along the way. As we drive to our destination,
at the lodge at Big Meadows, we will pass rock cliffs, drive thorough
tunnels of trees and pass the mountain laurel and other wildflowers
and ferns growing along the banks of the road. We will definitely see
deer and other wildlife along the way, so keep a watchful eye when heading
up the mountain.
We will arrive on Saturday morning at 8:00 AM. We will go out into the
meadow where you will surely see and hopefully photograph fawns in the
open meadow or the mother nursing her newborn fawn. This is really exciting
to see this for the first time or any other time for that matter.
The doe usually leaves her fawn bedded down in the meadow while she
goes off to feed, so you must be careful when walking over the meadow.
It is very easy not to see the fawns until you are practically right
on top of them, as the fawns will lie perfectly still and not make a
sound unless it feels threatened. We always want to keep a reasonable
distance from the newborn, so we do not to get this little creature
stressed. Remember, Mom is always close by and mom and baby do have
their ways of communicating to alert danger.
We will spend part of the trip photographing the many wildflowers and
whatever other wildlife we may encounter and we will drive to one of
the overlooks to photograph the sunset too.
Be sure to bring bug spray and check the list of other things to bring
on this field trip.
Shenandoah Photo Safari
Shenandoah National Park
June 16, 2007
Full Day - $100
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