Atlanta Photos  -  Wood duck, Chattahoochee river

Male Wood duck, breeding plumage, on the banks of the Chattahoochee River, Chattahoochee National Forest in Atlanta, Georgia. The Chattahoochee River is host to a variety of wildlife, waterfowl and wading birds, fish, mammals, reptiles and amphibians. This wood duck roosted on the riverbanks every year in the winter. Wood duck, Chattahoochee River, Atlanta, Georgia. (Aix sponsa)