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Florida - May 2010

Featuring visits to the Brevard Zoo, Miami Metrozoo, and Vizcaya Museum & Gardens Copyright information is indicated on individual pages.  All rights reserved.  E-mail photos@lowhorn.org for technical information or for permission to utilize these images for other than personal use.

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Brevard Zoo: Scarlet macaws


Brevard Zoo: Southern ground hornbill


Brevard Zoo: White rhinoceros


Brevard Zoo: Klipspringer


Brevard Zoo: Red kangaroo


Brevard Zoo: Feeding (and made deaf by) the lorikeets


Brevard Zoo: Lorikeet


Brevard Zoo: Cockatoo


Brevard Zoo: Squirrel monkey


Brevard Zoo: Red-tailed hawk


Brevard Zoo: Crested caracara


Brevard Zoo: Bald eagle


Sandhill cranes and ducks outside Turkey Creek Sanctuary, Palm Bay


Sandhill cranes outside Turkey Creek Sanctuary, Palm Bay


Ducks outside Turkey Creek Sanctuary, Palm Bay


Little blue heron outside Turkey Creek Sanctuary, Palm Bay


Taking nature shots in relative comfort


Living it up by the Indian River


On the Indian River across from the John F. Kennedy Space Center


Least tern with dinner


Well, we did see a number of accidents on the interstate...


Approaching Miami Beach


Welcome!


South Beach


South Beach


The Coast Guard keeps an eye on the shore.


Parasailing for two


South Beach


Old and new Ft. Lauderdale


Lightning over Ft. Lauderdale


South Beach


Miami Metrozoo: Addra gazelle


Miami Metrozoo: Addax


Miami Metrozoo: Siamang


Miami Metrozoo: Matschies tree kangaroo


Miami Metrozoo: Cotton-top marmoset


Miami Metrozoo: Cotton-top marmoset trying to figure out our camera lens


Miami Metrozoo: Chimpanzees


Miami Metrozoo: I'm with stupid.


Miami Metrozoo: Grant's zebra


Miami Metrozoo: African elephant after a dust bath


Miami Metrozoo: African elephant after a dust bath


Miami Metrozoo: Black rhinoceros


Miami Metrozoo: Feeding the reticulated giraffes


Miami Metrozoo: Okapi


Miami Metrozoo: Lowland nyala and young


Miami Metrozoo: Alligator lizard


Miami Metrozoo: Giant waxy monkey frog


Miami Metrozoo: Anaconda


Miami Metrozoo: Harpy eagle detail


Miami Metrozoo: Harpy eagles


Miami Metrozoo: Rhea (center) and guanacos


Immature black-crowned night heron (a visitor to the zoo)


Ibis (a visitor to the zoo)


Vizcaya Museum & Gardens: Statue of Ponce de Leon near the ticket booth and entrance walkway


Vizcaya, built by agricultural industrialist James Deering in 1916 and serving as his winter home until his death in 1925.  This is the front (west façade) of the house.  Note that no photography is allowed indoors.  See their web site for interior photos.


Vizcaya: The rear (east facade) of the house and the east terrace


Vizcaya: The east terrace


Vizcaya: Great Stone Barge detail.  The "barge" was intended as a breakwater for small boats visiting the estate.  The view overlooks Biscayne Bay.


Vizcaya: The Tea House


Vizcaya: Looking up at the top of the Tea House


Vizcaya: Looking out at the Great Stone Barge from the Tea House


Vizcaya: Taken from inside the Tea House


Vizcaya: The house and Great Stone Barge, with downtown Miami in the distance


Vizcaya: The gardens leading to the Center Island


Vizcaya: Looking toward one of the two semi-circular pools in the main garden


Vizcaya: Secret Garden


Vizcaya: Theater Garden


Vizcaya: Garden fountain


Vizcaya: Water Stairway


Vizcaya: David A. Klein Orchidarium (not original to the house)


Vizcaya: Looking toward the Center Island and the south terrace of the house


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