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Fall 1997 Migration at Kennesaw Mountain

The fall season begins in the early July with the arrival of the first migrants around the 4th of the month. The first arrivals are usually Black-and-White Warbler, Northern Parula and Black-throated Green Warbler. The migration slowly builds over the next few weeks as Cerulean and Worm-eating Warblers begin to pass through. By the end of the first week of August, Prairie and Hooded Warblers are making an appearance. The migration picks up in late August and into September, peaking towards the middle of the month. The last weeks of September and the first week of October are still excellent for Neo-tropical migrants. With the arrival of the Yellow-rumped Warbler in early October we start to see migration come to an end. By the middle of October we sometimes experience one or two of the later, rarer species and the arrival of our wintering species. In late October the migration is over. Fall migration last much longer than spring, and it is always a challenge identifying fall warblers and to find unusual surprises such as Short-eared Owl, Virginia's Warbler,  Black-throated Gray Warbler, or  MacGillivray's Warbler!

 

Birds of Kennesaw Mountain Now Available!!!! 
 

Giff Beaton's complete annotated checklist is now available.  It is a very valuable tool  and contains the most complete data on the birds of Kennesaw Mountain.  It can be purchased at http://www.gos.org/publications.html. You can get the latest updates to the book  by clicking on the book cover in the left margin.

Click here for a copy of the current early and late dates for Fall migrants: Kennesaw Fall Dates

A listing of the four letter Band Codes used in the daily reports can be obtained by clicking here: Kennesaw Band Codes

Take this link to view the summary report for the fall season compiled by Giff Beaton;  KMT Fall Summary for 2005  to see the totals and high counts from the last fall season.   To see reports for other seasons, visit the summary reports page by following the link; KMT Summary Reports.

 

               Black-billed Cuckoo photographed at Kennesaw Mountain on 5/7/2004 by Bob Zaremba, a rare fall migrant at Kennesaw Mountain      

Fall 1997 Migration Data

Click on a date for complete report for that day. A BOLD name indicates first of the season.

Date

 Highlights

Total Species of Warbler
 

JULY

  
7/02   Wood Thrush, Yellow-throated Vireo 0
7/04   Cooper's Hawk 0
7/09   Black-and-white, Black-throated Green 2
7/10   Black-throated Green 1
7/11   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2
7/12   Purple Martin, Blue-headed Vireo 3
7/13   Yellow-breasted Chat, Black-throated Green 2
7/14   Barn Swallow 0
7/16   Black-throated Green 2
7/17   American Goldfinch 0
7/18   Black-and-white, Blue-headed Vireo 1
7/19   Great Blue Heron 1
7/20   Prairie, Northern Parula, Black-throated Green 4
7/21   Cedar Waxwing 0
7/24   Black-throated Green, Great Horned Owl 2
7/25   Common Yellowthroat 3
7/26   Cerulean, Northern Bobwhite 4
7/30   Northern Parula, Black-and-white 2
7/31   Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher (RAIN!!!) 0
 

AUGUST

  
8/1 No Report 0
8/2 No Report 0
8/3 Worm-eating, Black-and-white, Black-throated Green 5
8/4 Black-and-white, Prairie 3
8/5 No Report 0
8/6 Prairie, Worm-eating 4
8/7 Hooded, Cerulean, Black-throated Green 5
8/8 Canada, Blackburnian, Kentucky, Cerulean 10
8/9 Orchard Oriole, Cerulean, Prairie, Hooded 8
8/10 American Redstart, Cerulean, Canada, Blackburnian 9
8/11 No Report 0
8/12 Canada, Hooded 4
8/13 Kentucky, Cerulean, Blackburnian 5
8/14 Hooded, American Redstart 4
8/15 Worm-eating, Kentucky, Hooded 5
8/16 Cerulean 7
8/17 Blue-winged, Cerulean, Hooded 9
8/18 Prairie, Hooded, Black-throated Green 5
8/19 Ovenbird, Black-throated Blue, Blue-winged 9
8/20 Cerulean, Prairie 4
8/21 Prairie, Hooded, Black-throated Green 3
8/22 Chestnut-sided, Cerulean, Worm-eating 11
8/23 Chestnut-sided, Cerulean, Worm-eating 16
8/24 Chestnut-sided, Cerulean, Kentucky 10
8/25 Tennessee, Blackburnian, Cerulean 10
8/26 Canada, Cerulean, Worm-eating 8
8/27 Cerulean, Blackburnian 6
8/28 Chestnut-sided, Cerulean, Worm-eating 6
8/29 Blue-winged, Cerulean, Blackburnian 10
8/30 Cerulean, Blackburnian 8
8/31 Veery, Golden-winged, Magnolia 15
 

SEPTEMBER

  
9/01 Common Yellowthroat, Blue-winged, Kentucky 11
9/02 Tennessee, worm-eating 10
9/03 Magnolia, Cerulean, Baltimore Oriole 8
9/04 Wilson's, Canada, Golden-winged, Cerulean 16
9/05 Wilson's, Blue-winged 13
9/06 Blue-winged, Cliff Swallow, Purple Martin 11
9/07 Nashville, Cerulean, Worm-eating 14
9/08 Blackpoll, Nashville, Golden-winged 20
9/09 Bay-breasted, Blue-winged, Cerulean, Worm-eating 12
9/10 Nashville, Bay-breasted 12
9/11 American Coot, Wilson's, Golden-winged 20
9/12 Philadelphia Vireo, Golden-winged, Blue-winged 17
9/13 Bay-breasted, Common Nighthawk 20
9/14 Blackpoll, Golden-winged 17
9/15 Blackpoll, Golden-winged 14
9/16 Philadelphia Vireo, Blackpoll, Golden-winged 14
9/17 VIRGINIA'S WARBLER!!!! 15
9/18 VIRGINIA'S WARBLER!!!!, Golden-winged 19
9/19 Philadelphia Vireo, Blackpoll, Golden-winged 14
9/20 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 18
9/21 Palm, Bobolink 19
9/22 Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Nashville, Golden-winged 13
9/23 Nashville, Golden-winged 18
9/24 Gray-cheeked Thrush, Nashville 14
9/25 No Report 0
9/26 American Kestrel, Nashville 16
9/27 Peregrine Falcon, Orange-crowned 21
9/28 Peregrine Falcon, Great Horned Owl 13
9/29 Bald Eagle, Yellow-breasted Chat 18
9/30 No Report 0
 

OCTOBER 

  
10/01 Blue-winged, Golden-winged 12
10/02 No report 0
10/03 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 9
10/04 Red-breasted Nuthatch 11
10/05 Worm-eating, Philadelphia Vireo, Red-breasted Nuthatch 11
10/06 Winter Wren 10
10/07 Cape May, Veery 10
10/08 Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Common Nighthawk 10
10/09 No Report 0
10/10 Ovenbird, Bay-breasted 7
10/11 Cape May, Nashville, Red-breasted Nuthatch 16
10/12 Yellow-rumped, White-throated Sparrow 19
10/13 Cape May, Wilson's, Northern Harrier 14
10/14 Dark-eyed Junco, Cape May 13
10/15 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Cape May 13
10/16 Ovenbird 3
10/17 Hermit Thrush, Field Sparrow, Tree Swallow 11
10/18 Wilson's, Cape May, Yellow-throated (albilora) 11
10/19 Golden-crowned Kinglet, Cape May 7
10/20 Golden-crowned Kinglet, Cape May 4
10/22 Golden-crowned Kinglet, Black-throated Green, Hooded 4

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