That Georgia Biologist

Well, whaddya know, life now finds me spending a few weeks in Tennessee! I'm excited to move down to Georgia, but also enjoying some quality time with family. This past weekend my parents took my sister and I to the Tennessee Aquarium, one of our favorite places to go. A highlight was exploring the new "Island Life" exhibit, which featured animals such as chameleons and clownfish. I appreciated that the signage included biological islands, as well as literal islands of land in the sea! I highly visiting in person - but below, enjoy my photos, and click here to see my video! :) ~Austin  There was also a very nice exhibit about Vancouver Bay. Till next time!!

So over Christmas break, I had the chance to spend some good solid quality time with my best friend. As we both enjoy nature photography and animals, we chose to go to the Chattanooga Zoo together. I had not visited the place for several years, so I was excited to go again and see what updates had happened in my absence. It was a slightly chilly day, but we bundled up and had fun. It was great to use my telephoto lens again. Here are some of my favorite pictures!  The tamarins were quite active, but the reflections made them hard to photograph. Still very cool to see these creatures.

Last month I had the opportunity to go take a break from school and spend a week or so with my family down in Tennessee! As you might imagine, I had a lot of fun doing so...and one of the many fun things we did together was visit the Tennessee Aquarium! Hands down, the Aquarium is Chattanooga's star attraction, even over Point Park or Chickamauga in my opinion. It is such high quality and I really really love seeing all the animals there! My parents have taken me there many a time in the last eleven years or so and it is always such a pleasure to visit. One fun thing that we did on this visit was to hit up as many of the keeper talks as possible. I had not realized until recently that the Tennessee Aquarium has keepers and divers come into their exhibits multiple times a day - not just to feed the animals, but also to educate the public about the creatures. My family and I had never attended any of the talks, and doing so on this visit was so much fun. Great 10-15 minute chats ...