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If you're interested in bird photography, check out Sylvan Heights Waterfowl Park located in Scotland Neck, North Carolina. The facility houses over 1500 birds - primarily waterfowl but a variety of other species call it home.

As it often does, April found me in the Smokies. I was fortunate to lead a group of twenty CNPA photographers on a weekend outing in Cade's Cove and the Treemont area. A passing weather front offered misty mornings that further enhanced the vibrant greens of springtime in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. I was able to schedule a couple of days of personal shooting around Greenbriar and Roaring Fork prior to the weekend. It's a wonderful time of year for landscapes and this year the black bears seemed to be every where I went.

I hope that these images inspire you to get out and enjoy nature...to take notice of the wonders around you. I am certain that once you do, you'll agree that its value is beyond measure...something worth protecting.

- Joe Hancock