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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hamhed" data-source="post: 2857200" data-attributes="member: 70825">Not sure if you've started your trip yet...I haven't birded northern Georgia much; the coastal area is an area I'm more familiar with but I have a "Birding Georgia" book by Giff Beaton published in 2000.  The two nearest places to the airport are the Sweetwater Creek State Park, NW about 22 miles by interstate and the E.L. Hule facility and Newman Wetlands Center also about 22 miles away to the south.  I don't know that either would be easily accessible by public transportation.  Close by, (less than 5 miles), is the Charlotte Nature Preserve but I've read negative comments about one's safety there.Alternatively, you might consider the Atlanta Zoo.  It is likely to be reached by public transportation, is about 8-9 miles away and has food, drink and enclosed options if the weather is bad.  Certainly, there will be birds, especially in the aviary! Sorry I can't be of much help.  You might try posting here:<a href="http://www.gos.org/gabo.html" target="_blank">http://www.gos.org/gabo.html</a>Steve</blockquote>