Bird Sanctuary Opened at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport

A 56.5-acre bird sanctuary has been opened by Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport with the help of the Southern Conservation Trust (Web site: ).

Located 15 miles south of the airport, the sanctuary is situated in a dried lake bed.

Kathryn Masters, the airport's lead engineer, told the Associated Press that "the idea of man creating wetlands is a very new and modern idea".

Featuring a reconstructed stream and wooden bat houses, the sanctuary also has three observation decks, a half-mile walking trail and a gravel parking lot.

Birds include blue herons, hawks, egrets and turkeys, and there are also deer.

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