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"This wood duck couple are frequent visitors to the beaver pond in our backyard," wrote Saul Watzman. "I took it from inside our house using a telephoto lens on March 26, 2020. We have several slider turtles that shelter in place on the logs on sunny days, but I rarely see the ducks and turtles occupying the same log."
"This wood duck couple are frequent visitors to the beaver pond in our backyard," wrote Saul Watzman. "I took it from inside our house using a telephoto lens on March 26, 2020. We have several slider turtles that shelter in place on the logs on sunny days, but I rarely see the ducks and turtles occupying the same log."
April 23, 2021

Calling amateur photographers!

Have you taken a great picture that you’d like to share with the world? One with action, great lighting and/or interesting subjects? E-mail it to communitynews@ajc.com. Please no selfies, for-profit promotional pics, group shots or anything you wouldn’t want your grandma to see.

Paul Durden of Tucker sent this photo of the Beagle Passage in Chile from February 2020. "The green, glacial melt fresh water meets the salt water of the channel. At the 'bottom of the world' near Cape Horn," he wrote.
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Jim Baskett shared this photo he called "Sunrise over Blue Ridge Lake."
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Gerald Brand submitted this photo he called "Springtime in Snellville."
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