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ALBANY, GA (WALB) -

The Annual Birds of Prey Wildlife Demonstration, sponsored by the Flint River Soil and Water Conservation District, will visit two schools in Southwest Georgia today.

Westwood School in Camilla and Randolph County Elementary School will host the exhibit Wednesday. 

The show is designed to meet Georgia Performance Standards, and will be presented by Steven M. Hein, director of Georgia Southern's Center for Wildlife Education.

The exhibition features a menagerie of animals including birds of prey, reptiles, fun creepy crawlers and more. 

 For more information, go to the Georgia Southern Website.  For more information on the Flint River Soil & Water Conservation District contact Luke Crosson at (229) 995-6001 or lcrosson@gaswcc.org.

 The first stop will be at Westwood, at 255 Fuller Street, Camilla, at 9:00AM. Then it's on to Cuthbert and Randolph Elementary at 214 N. Highland Ave. at 12:30PM.

 

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