Georgia's Colonial Coast Birding Trail
The Colonial Coast Birding Trail of Georgia is a wildlife trail that is not a really a "trail", but a series of 18 sites that have been chosen for their excellent birdwatching opportunities.
There are documented sightings in Georgia of at least 413 different bird species. More than 300 species of birds have been documented along Georgia's Colonial Birding Trail. Many of the 18 sites of the Trail have historic buildings, ruins, or historic locations from the 18th and/or 19th centuries.
Sites
Information below is presented in more detail in the .| Name | Specialties |
| Ansley Hodges M.A.R.S.H. Project | Wood stork, swallow-tailed kite, bald eagle, king rail, painting bunting, mottled duck, wood duck, white ibis, glossy ibis |
| Crooked River State Park | Osprey, bald eagle, wood stork, painted bunting |
| Cumberland Island National Seashore | Peregrine falcon, painting bunting, red knot, black skimmer, warblers |
| Fort McAllister State Historic Park | Painted bunting, wood duck, northern harrier, bald eagle, osprey |
| Fort Morris State Historic Site | Yellow-throated warbler, marsh wren, clapper rail, painted bunting |
| Fort Pulaski National Monument | Painted bunting |
| St. Simons Island - Gould's Inlet & East Beach | American oystercatcher, black skimmer, painted bunting, bald eagle, least tern, northern gannet |
| Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge | Wood stork, white ibis, painted bunting |
| Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation State Historic Site | Wood stork, bald eagle, osprey, glossy ibis, painted bunting, yellow-throated warbler, sharp-tailed sparrow, northern parula |
| Jekyll Island - causeway | Osprey, bald eagle, clapper rail, northern harrier, roseate spoonbill, red knot, black-necked stilt, white ibis, wood stork |
| Jekyll Island - North End Beach | Least tern, red-throated loon, scoters, American oystercatcher, black skimmer |
| Jekyll Island - South End Beach | Black skimmer, American oystercatcher, marbled goodwit, jaegers, south polar skua, northern gannet, piping plover, glaucous gull |
| Melon Bluff Nature Preserve | Wild turkey, wood stork, clapper rail, roseate spoonbill, painted bunting |
| Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge | Sandhill crane, red-cockaded woodpecker, prothonotary warbler, northern parula, Bachman's sparrow |
| Richmond Hill - J.F. Gregory Park | Prothonotary warbler, wood duck, barred owl |
| Savannah–Ogeechee Canal Museum & Nature Center | Prothonotary warbler, northern parula, Swainson's warbler, wood duck, Mississippi kite, swallow-tailed kite |
| Skidaway Island State Park | Osprey, painted bunting, pileated woodpecker, bald eagle |
| Tybee Island - North Beach | Purple sandpiper, piping plover, northern gannets |