Kennesaw Mountain Report 10/18/97

Thrush Count 0600-0730  G Beaton S Reed

GHOW 2
VEER 5
GCTH 2
SWTH 59
HETH 11  First Hermits to be detected in flight at Kennesaw
WOTH 8

0730-1035  52F clear until dawn, then became ovc, then cleared around 1000
Wind N 5kts

Thrushers plus P Howard C Saleeby J Sewell K Theodoreu B Zaremba

NOHA 1f (JS)
RTHA 1
CHSW 2
YBSA 2
EWPE 1
RBNU 1
WBNU 2
HOWR 2
RCKI 18
GRCA 5
WEVI 1
BHVI 6
REVI 1 (CS)
TEWA 51
OCWA 2
NOPA 1f   New Late date by 1 day
CSWA 1i
MAWA 1
CMWA 5 1m 1f 1im 2if  Unprecedented numbers at KMT this fall
BTWA 3 1m 2f
YRWA 3
BNWA 16 6m 6f 1im 2if 1unk
BLWA 3 1m 2if
YTWA 2 at least one was "albilora", other not seen well enough to tell
        New late date by 6 days 
BBWA 5
HOWA 3 h only  
WIWA 1m (CS)  5th of fall, new record - New late date by 13 days 
           14 species warbler
SCTA 2
RBGR 1
INBU 1
SOSP 1
WTSP 6
Pretty good numbers for late in the season. I suspect that any YTWA we get
here after late Sept is probably the western "Sycamore" race or albilora,
and I encourage everyone to learn the differences so we can try to figure
this out. They must come through in spring, also, even though this race is
a trans-gulf migrant (nominate dominica is a Florida/West Indies migrant).
Key features are yellow or white lores, black "v" on underside of tail or
not, and white chin above yellow throat or not. Bill length is another
clue. Giff