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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A Great Blue Heron Takes to Flight

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

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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Into the Abyss

Into the Abyss – P1
Island Ford, Chattahoochee NRA, Roswell, Georgia, USA; FEB 2024

I was walking a trail along the Chattahoochee when I spotted a small but beautiful cataract. The light was great. Serendipity happened.

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Into the Abyss – P2
Island Ford, Chattahoochee NRA, Roswell, Georgia, USA; FEB 2024

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A Few Birds from the Past Few Months

Blue Jay;
Roswell, Georgia, USA; DEC 2023

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Gray-cheeked Thrush;
Island Ford, Chattahoochee NRA, Roswell, Georgia, USA; OCT 2023
Blue-headed Vireo;
Island Ford, Chattahoochee NRA, Roswell, Georgia, USA; OCT 2023
Male House Finch;
Roswell, Georgia, USA; DEC 2023
Juvenile Red-bellied Woodpecker;
Roswell, Georgia, USA; AUG 2023

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Red-eyed Vireo

Photograph of a bird, a Red-eyed Vireo, perched on a tree branch. The background is mostly yellow-green leaves with small patches of blue sky. The bird is perched on a dark colored branch that extends from top to bottom at the right side of the picture. The bird is viewed from below, so its underparts and side are visible. Its underparts are white. Beneath its eye and flowing back are its neck, wings and tail feathers, all olive green. The tail feathers are tipped in black. Its eye is red but appears dark in the picture. It has a dark eye stripe. Above its eye is a white stripe topped by a black crown. The bottom of its beak is white, the top is black.
Red-eyed Vireo;
Island Ford, Chattahoochee NRA, Roswell, Georgia, USA; MAY 2023;

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Photograph of a bird, a Red-eyed Vireo, perched on a tree branch, with one end of a dark colored worm in its beak; the other end of the worm is wrapped around the tree branch. The background is a mix of yellow-green leaves and blue sky. The bird is perched on a dark colored branch that extends from left to right near the bottom of the picture. The bird is viewed from below, so its underparts and side are visible. Its underparts are white. Beneath its eye and flowing back are its neck, wings and tail feathers, all olive green. The tail feathers are tipped in black. The wings have black and green stripes. Its eye is red but appears dark. It has a dark eye stripe. Above its eye is a white stripe topped by a black crown; only the edge of the crown is visible. The bottom of its beak is white, the top is black.
Red-eyed Vireo; Island Ford,
Chattahoochee NRA, Roswell, Georgia, USA; MAY 2023
Photograph of a bird, a Red-eyed Vireo, perched on a tree branch, with a fly in the tip of its beak. The background is mostly yellow-green leaves with a small patch of blue sky. The bird is perched on a dark colored branch that extends from top to bottom at the right side of the picture. The bird is viewed from below, so its underparts and side are visible. Its underparts are white. Beneath its eye and flowing back are its neck, wings and tail feathers, all olive green. The tail feathers are tipped in black. Its eye is red. Above its eye is a white stripe topped by a black crown; only the edge of the crown is visible. The bottom of its beak is white, the top is black. The object at the tip of its beak is an insect it captured.
Red-eyed Vireo;
Island Ford, Chattahoochee NRA, Roswell, Georgia, USA; MAY 2023

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