The Chattahoochee River meanders through Metro Atlanta. Much of it is protected because the land on both sides of it is a National Wildlife Refuge. I went to the Chattahoochee Nature Center, which is about 20 miles from Downtown Atlanta to walk along the half-mile boardwalk that is above a marshy part of the riverbank. Of course I took my camera.

Gotta love a reflection:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v414/Nick_in_Atlanta/Nature/113038.jpg

A shy duck:

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No motorized boats are allowed on this part of the river, just canoes and rafts:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v414/Nick_in_Atlanta/Nature/115040.jpg

Views of the River:

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Here is the marshy side again. The mud really is this color in Georgia:

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Meeting up with the other duck that has a nest also in the marsh:

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A closeup on what I believe are tadpoles:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v414/Nick_in_Atlanta/Nature/125029.jpg

A Red-tailed Hawk with an injured wing:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v414/Nick_in_Atlanta/Nature/130200.jpg

Hope you enjoyed the tour! :)

I did, it looks nice there as well! :okay:

Nice shots...

those look like geese, not ducks

Isn't that where Deliverance is set?

I found your photos to be interesting, and a nice change from the constant urban pics

(not that im complaining about urban pics, if i was then i should leave this forum lol)

Cute duck/geese :)

Great nature photography, nice to see those. That is a Canadian geese stopping by in Georgia, I think they're flying on way to Canada for the summer.

Thanks guys, my pleasure to show you that metro Atlanta has some beautiful natural settings.

Regarding the ducks/geese, I'm just glad I knew they were birds. I might have said "look at the floating cows in the water."

Regarding Deliverance, I'm pretty sure it was filmed in Georgia, I believe, but I think it was in the opposite end of the state. Although, I did keep hearing banjo music!?!

it is a national park?

Regarding the ducks/geese, I'm just glad I knew they were birds. I might have said "look at the floating cows in the water."


:rofl:

it is a national park?

It is a river that has much of the land on it's sides designated as a National Wildlife Refuge. Some of the land along it has houses next to the river. But, I guess you could say that parts of the river are similar to a national park. I'm not really sure what designates a place like Yosemite National Park different from this situation. Sorry that I couldn't answer your question more definitively.

Really cool photos! It truly is an oasis.:D

Isn't that where Deliverance is set?

Deliverance was filmed on the Chattooga River in South Carolina.

I dont mean to hijack the thread....but instead od starting a new one I thought I would post a pic of geese I took a few weeks ago!

This is the on the River Witham in middle England

http://img167.echo.cx/img167/2497/geese5sj.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Nice pics. So peaceful looking.

those "tadpoles" were fish.

Deliverance was filmed on the Chattooga River in South Carolina.
Yeah, but I'm talking about where it was set.

Here's where the Chattahoochee Nature Center is located in Metro Atlanta. I have never actually seen the Deliverance movie, so I don't know if they mention where they're supposed to be.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v414/Nick_in_Atlanta/LocationofChattahoocheeNatureCenter.gif

Great shots, I thought I would never saw those nice nature pics near Atlanta

I'll have to post my pics from Barnes Wetlands Centre, slap bang in the middle of London, Well South West :D