Ocmulgee Audubon Society

The state of Georgia has 407 regularly occurring species of birds, according to the 2003 Annotated Checklist of Georgia Birds published by the Georgia Ornithological Society. OAS member Paul Johnson has written An Annotated Checklist of Birds of Middle Georgia (1998) that lists a whopping 299 species. Middle Georgia has such high bird diversity because there is a tremendous diversity of habitats, from coastal plain vegetation to forests of the piedmont, to flood plains and backwaters of the Ocmulgee River. For news of rare sightings call the GOS Rare Bird Alert: 770-493-8862. Or see the web site of the Georgia Ornithological Society.
For more information about birding in Georgia, check Giff Beaton's book, Birding Georgia.