I’ve lived in Metro Atlanta for most of my life, so I’m a little embarrassed that it took a pandemic for me to discover so many of the city’s pockets of wilderness and the diverse fauna that can be found there. In the past year, I’ve taken it upon myself to visit as many of the city’s trails as possible, photographing the wildlife I encounter—more than 150 species of birds, plus amphibians, reptiles, butterflies, dragonflies and mammals like the Red Fox I saw at Henderson Park in Tucker.
The one-and-a-half-mile loop includes the creepy and clever Doll’s Head Trail, a modern folk-art project turning the trash found in the park into an outdoor art exhibit. Located near some of the city’s newest film studios just inside the southeast Perimeter, the park is open dawn to dusk. Half of the loop is well-kept, while the other half can get muddy and overgrown. There’s also an additional trail along the railroad tracks that leads back to a hidden third lake.
Pictured below from Davidson-Arabia: American Robins, Pileated Woodpeckers, Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfliesMy home-five-minutes-from-home during the pandemic has been the city of Decatur’s newest park on 77 acres that used to belong to the United Methodist Children’s Home.
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joshjackson BirdsAtl This is great. Thanks! Will definitely have to go check out SE ATL to look for some river otters!
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