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Great Blue Heron

October 19, 2025 by Earthwatcher, posted in Atlanta, Bird Photography, bird watching, birding, Birds, Chattahoochee, Chattahoochee National Recreation Area, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Earthwatcher, Fujifilm Cameras, GA, Georgia, heron, nature, Nature Photography, Roswell, Wildlife, Wildlife Photography

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Canada Geese

October 12, 2025 by Earthwatcher, posted in American River, American River Parkway, Atlanta, Bird Photography, bird watching, birding, Birds, California, Chattahoochee National Recreation Area, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Earthwatcher, Fujifilm Cameras, GA, Geese, Georgia, Goose, nature, Nature Photography, Wildlife, Wildlife Photography

Canada Geese are quite common and often don’t make an eye-catching photo. But when seen in the right environment and living their lives, their beauty is enhanced marvelously.

Photograph of 4 Canada Geese floating along a rive surrounded by low, green, aquatic foliage. The riverbank in the background is slightly out of focus. It is mostly gray-brown dotted by green leaves.
The riverbank serves as the background. It is lined with reeds, with green brush and brown grass behind.
The Canada Geese are large birds whose back is brown, its breast and bottom are white, its neck and head are black, and it has a white chinstrap. — Island Ford,
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Sandy Springs, Georgia, USA; SEP 2025

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Photograph of 5 Canada Geese standing in a stream, all facing to the left. The riverbank is in the background. There are brown and green reeds along the river edge with various shrubs and grasses behind them. Next to the riverbank, the stream is running smoothly, reflecting the plants along the riverbank. The river under the geese is running over obstructions causing ripples.
The Canada Geese are large birds whose back is brown, its breast and bottom are white, its neck and head are black, and it has a white chinstrap. — William B Pond Park,
American River Parkway, Sacramento, California, USA; DEC 2014

Photograph of 4 Canada Geese, two facing left one floating in the stream facing right and the other on the riverbank facing right. The background is brown and green reeds lining the riverbank in front of a gray, fog covered, forest scene. Next to the riverbank, the stream is running smoothly, reflecting the plants along the riverbank. The river under the 2 geese in the front is running over obstructions causing ripples.
The Canada Geese are large birds whose back is brown, its breast and bottom are white, its neck and head are black, and it has a white chinstrap. — William B Pond Park,
American River Parkway, Sacramento, California, USA; DEC 2015

Cascade on Pond Creek

August 10, 2025 by Earthwatcher, posted in Atlanta, Chattahoochee, Chattahoochee National Recreation Area, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Earthwatcher, Fujifilm Cameras, Georgia, landscape, landscape images, landscape photos, nature, Nature Photography, Photography, river

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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Bumble Bee on Common Milkweed

August 3, 2025 by Earthwatcher, posted in Earthwatcher, Fujifilm Cameras, Insects, nature, Nature Photography, Wildlife, Wildlife Photography

Brushstrokes in the Fog

July 20, 2025July 20, 2025 by Earthwatcher, posted in Alpharetta, Atlanta, Chattahoochee, Chattahoochee National Recreation Area, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Earthwatcher, Georgia, landscape, landscape images, landscape photos, nature, Nature Photography, river, sunrise

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

July 13, 2025July 19, 2025 by Earthwatcher, posted in Alpharetta, Atlanta, Bird Photography, bird watching, birding, Birds, Chattahoochee, Chattahoochee National Recreation Area, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Earthwatcher, Fujifilm Cameras, GA, Georgia, nature, Nature Photography, Photography, Wildlife, Wildlife Photography

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

Juvenile Hawks

May 25, 2025 by Earthwatcher, posted in Uncategorized

1. A single juvenile Red-shouldered Hawk lying on a nest made of sticks in the lower left side of the picture. This large bird has a black eye and beak, and a gray-brown crest on its head. Its body is mottled, with large gray-brown spots against the background of tan. The background is a portion of a large gray tree trunk with green needles and a blue sky. — Juvenile Red-shouldered Hawk;
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia, USA, MAY 2025

On our recent trip to the Okefenokee NWF it was baby season for Red-shouldered Hawks. It was fun to see.

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2. Two juvenile Red-shouldered Hawks perched upright on a tree branch, on the lower left side of the image, and highlighted by the sun. The birds have a light-colored crest on their head, black eye, and black and yellow beak. Their breasts are yellowish-brown with brown vertical stripes; the one on the left has a white patch near the top of the breast and some white at the top of its legs. The background is white tangled Spanish moss. — Juvenile Red-shouldered Hawks;
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia, USA, MAY 2025

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The Standoff

May 18, 2025 by Earthwatcher, posted in Bird Photography, bird watching, birding, Birds, Earthwatcher, Fujifilm Cameras, GA, Georgia, hawk, nature, Nature Photography, Okefenokee National WIldlife Refuge, Wildlife, Wildlife Photography

Red-shouldered Hawk;
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia, USA, MAY 2025

We had the opportunity to visit one of our favorite spots: the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. While there we got to see a very interesting event. About 2 feet above the Hawk’s head is the Squirrel’s nest. The squirrel was about 15 feet away in another tree running around like crazy trying to distract the hawk.