Herons of the Hooch

A 6 minute slide presentation documenting Great Blue Heron babies (chicks) growing to maturity at a rookery (nesting tree) along the Chattahoochee River near Atlanta.

Killdeer

A bird, the Killdeer, foraging along a muddy riverbed. The bird is located in the lower left corner of the frame. It appears to be walking on a gray mud shoal or mud islet littered with debris and small green plants. The bird is facing right and has a worm in its pointed black beak. Its eye is a red circle with a black pupil. Its legs are a pale, pinkish tan. Its head is light brown with a white eye stripe. Its neck is banded with a white stripe and a black stripe. The upper part of its body is light brown. Its breast and underparts are white.
Killdeer
Gold Branch Trail, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Marietta, Georgia, USA; MAR 2026

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Tufted Titmouse;

A small bird, a Tufted Titmouse, perched on a branch in the lower left quadrant of the picture. It is facing left. Its black eye and black beak are prominent as are its claws wrapped around a tree branch. The bird is perched among several branches, mostly horizontal but a few vertical. The tree trunk is along the right side of the picture.
Gold Branch Trail, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Sandy Springs, Georgia, USA; JAN 2026

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Great Blue Heron

Photograph of a bird, a Great Blue Heron, wading in a river. It is a large bird, facing left.  on the right side of the picture. It has a gray body and neck. Its head is white with a wide blue stripe the width of its head passing through its eye. Its beak is primarily yellow with some blue on the top. It has one leg and foot submerged in the water while the other is raised and is reaching toward the left.
The background is in 3 parts. The river is at the bottom, the mud bank is in the middle, and the top is green foliage.
Island Ford, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Sandy Springs, Georgia, USA; SEP 2025

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Cascade on Pond Creek

Image of a ravine in the early morning. The foreground is a rock feature spanning the width of the pictures. In 2 spots, small cascades of white water fall into a pool of water that reflects the trees above.  Behind the rock feature is the ravine. On the left side is a prominent tree trunk behind which are bushes covered in green leaves. On the right side is a hillside covered with trees and reddish-brown leaves.
Cascade on Pond Creek
Island Ford, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Sandy Springs, Georgia, USA; AUG 2025

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Brushstrokes in the Fog

The picture is of a river with part of its far side bank. The river is covered by light fog. There are rays of sunlight filtering in through openings in trees along the far bank. The sunlight highlights portions of the fog creating shafts of light that illuminate and reflect from the river.
Island Ford, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Sandy Springs, Georgia, USA; July 2025

A Great Blue Heron Takes to Flight

Island Ford, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Sandy Springs, Georgia, USA; July, 2025

Dogwood in Bloom – a wonderful springtime treat.

A diagonal row of white flowers with yellow centers from a dogwood tree. The background is blue sky and the blurred image of a dark tree.
Dogwood in Bloom; Island Ford, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Sandy Springs, Georgia, USA; APR 2025

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Some Backyard Birds

American Crow;
Roswell, Georgia, USA; FEB 2023

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Chipping Sparrow;
Roswell, Georgia, USA; APR 2024
Eastern Phoebe;
Roswell, Georgia, USA; APR 2024
Juvenile Eastern Bluebird;
Island Ford, Chattahoochee National Wildlife Refuge, Roswell, Georgia, USA; JUN 2024

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Chattahoochee River in Morning Fog

First Light on the Chattahoochee
Island Ford, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Roswell, Georgia, USA; JUL 2024

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Canada Geese Taking a Nap
Island Ford, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Roswell, Georgia, USA; AUG 2024
Spider Web in Crepuscular Rays; Island Ford
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Roswell, Georgia, USA; AUG 2024

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