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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Molting Male Eastern Bluebird

A small, eastern bluebird perched on a tree branch in the left side of the frame. The background is blurred, green leaves.
Molting Male Eastern Bluebird;
Roswell, Georgia, USA; APR 2025

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Is there any ornithologist or other bird expert that can explain why the molting feathers are black? Are they the old ones or the new ones? Thanks

Atlanta Snow Birds

A Northern Cardinal, a medium sized red bird with a dark colored face and dark, folded, wings on the left side of the picture. The background is white snow with scattered dark pieces of debris.
Male Northern Cardinal;
Roswell, Georgia, USA; JAN 2025

A few weeks ago, we got several inches of snow across the Atlanta, Georgia, USA metropolitan area. I took advantage of this uncommon occurrence to photograph some of the birds that reside here.

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A female Northern Cardinal, perched on a piece of wood lattice in front of a tree trunk. The bird is in the middle of the right side of the image. The bird is mostly light brown with red on its wing, feathers and the crest on top of its head. The background on the left side of the picture is indistinct.
Female Northern Cardinal;
Roswell, Georgia, USA; JAN 2025
A male Eastern Towhee, a medium sized bird on the left side of the image facing front. Its head, upper body and tail feathers are black. Below the black, the body is orange. The bottom of is body is white. The bird is set against a background of white snow with scattered debris and two tree trunks.
Male Eastern Towhee;
Roswell, Georgia, USA; JAN 2025

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American Crows: Guardians of the Neighborhood

An American Crow, a large black bird with black beak perched on a tree branch facing right. The tree trunk and branches surround the crow, The background is indistinct.
American Crow;
Roswell, Georgia, USA; FEB 2025

These crows guard our neighborhood. I took these photos while observing seven crows posting themselves in several places around the yard, all facing a hawk and cawing loudly: a common occurrence in our backyard.

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Two American Crows, large black birds with black beaks, perched on a tree branch facing left; one behind the other. The tree trunk and branches surround the crow, The background is indistinct.
American Crows;
Roswell, Georgia, USA; FEB 2025

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Birds Found Around Water

Three birds, Double-crested Cormorants, perched on a rock in a river. The middle bird is an adult that has its wing spread. The other 2 are juvenile sas distinguished by their  light tan neck and breast .
Adult and 2 Juvenile Double-crested Cormorant;
Island Ford, Chattahoochee NRA, Roswell, Georgia, USA; APR 2024

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In the upper right corner is a bird, a Double-crested Cormorant, in flight set against a background of blue sky with pale white clouds. On the left side is a tree with gray branches and green and brown leaves. There are several other cormorants in the tree.
Juvenile Double-crested Cormorant in Flight
Island Ford, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Roswell, Georgia, USA; NOV 2024
Canada Geese Along the Chattahoochee River
Island Ford, Chattahoochee NRA, Island Ford; FEB 2023
A bird, a Great Blue Heron perched on tree branch in the right side of the picture. The background is tree branches with brown and green leaves and a blue sky,
Great Blue Heron
Marymoor Park, Redmond, Washington, USA; NOV 2023

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Stunning Icy Morning

Icy Morning Highlighted by the Sun;
Roswell, Georgia, USA; JAN 2024

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Winter’s Early Preview;
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina, USA; OCT 2022
Glòrmhor Creag;
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina, USA; OCT 2022

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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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A Few Randon Birds

Male Rose-breasted Grossbeak
Roswell, Georgia, USA; APR 2024

Here are a few birds I photographed over late spring and summer.

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Male Pileated Woodpecker
Roswell, Georgia, USA; APR 2024
Male American Goldfinch
Roswell, Georgia, USA; APR 2024
Male and Female Purple Martin
Marymoor Park, Redmond, Washington, USA; MAY 2024
The Purple Martin is a large species of swallow.

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Eastern Towhees

Male Eastern Towhee
Roswell, Georgia, USA; MAY 2023

I wish I could have found these birds at one time and could have claimed they were a family. At least, to me, they are a great example of what a family may be.

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Female Eastern Towhee
Roswell, Georgia, USA; APR 2024
Juvenile Eastern Towhee
Roswell, Georgia, USA; MAY 2024

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The Venerable Blue Jay

Blue Jay
Roswell, Georgia, USA; APR 2024

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Blue Jay
Roswell, Georgia, USA; APR 2024
Blue Jay
Roswell, Georgia, USA; APR 2024



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