ABORTED TKOF. PROBABLE COMPRESSOR STALL POSSIBLE BIRD STRIKE.

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ON TKOF ROLL; JUST AFTER THE '80 KTS' CALLOUT BY THE COPLT; HE ALSO CALLED OUT 'BIRDS.' A LOUD SINGLE 'BANG' WAS HEARD; AND SINCE WE WERE STILL WELL BELOW V1 SPD; AND NOT KNOWING IF THE 'BANG' WAS A BIRD HITTING THE COCKPIT OR A COMPRESSOR STALL; I ELECTED TO ABORT THE TKOF. THE ABORT WAS NORMAL; STRAIGHT DOWN THE CTRLINE OF THE RWY; WITH BOTH ENGS OPERATING NORMALLY IN REVERSE THRUST. I CLRED THE RWY SLOWLY AT TXWY C; A 90 DEG EXIT APPROX 4900 FT FROM THE TKOF END OF RWY 22. AFTER NOTIFYING THE FLT ATTENDANTS; PAX; AND THE TWR OF OUR SAFE STATUS; WE TAXIED BACK TO OUR GATE SO I COULD MAKE AN INSPECTION OF THE ACFT. WHILE TAXIING TO THE GATE; I RAN EACH ENG UP WITH BOTH CHKING OUT NORMAL. DURING MY 'WALK AROUND' AND CLOSE INSPECTION OF THE ENG AND AIRFRAME; I COULD NOT FIND ANY TRACE OR SIGN OF A BIRD STRIKE OR INGESTION IN EITHER ENG. SINCE I SAW NO NEED FOR MAINT AND AFTER CHKING THE BRAKE ENERGY CHART FOR BRAKE COOLING TIME; I ELECTED TO CONTINUE THE FLT. ALL PHASES OF THE FLT TO ATLANTA WERE NORMAL. BIRDS HAVE BEEN A PROB FOR AVIATION FOREVER; AND OTHER THAN 'LOUD SOUND DEVICES' DISPERSED ALONG THE RWYS I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO SUGGEST.