10/20/06

 
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Warbler Fall arrival dates ;

  1. Black-and-white - 7/15

  2. Cerulean - 7/20

  3. American Redstart - 7/20

  4. Hooded - 7/28

  5. Pine - 7/28

  6. Black-throated Green - 7/30

  7. Northern Parula - 8/2

  8. Kentucky - 8/2

  9. Blackburnian - 8/2

  10. Prairie - 8/5

  11. Worm-eating - 8/8

  12. Chestnut-sided - 8/13

  13. Canada - 8/13

  14. Tennessee - 8/23

  15. Blackpoll - 8/24

  16. Magnolia - 8/27

  17. Ovenbird - 8/31

  18. Blue-winged - 9/2

  19. Black-throated Blue - 9/2

  20. Bay-breasted - 9/10

  21. Yellow-throated - 9/14

  22. Golden-winged - 9/15

  23. Nashville - 9/16

  24. Palm - 9/16

  25. Yellow-breasted Chat - 9/18

  26. Orange-crowned - 10/7

   

Fall 2006 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 last year's 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.

HOTLINKS TO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

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: 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 2006 Migration Data

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

Click on a highlighted species to view additional information on that species including photographs.

Date Highlights

Total Species of Warbler

  

Total number of individual birds

 
 

JULY

    
7/09 Summer Tanager, Scarlet Tanager, Red-eyed Vireo 0 0
7/13 Summer Tanager, Scarlet Tanager, Red-eyed Vireo 0 0
7/15 Black-and-white 1 3
7/18 Black-and-white 1 3
7/20 Cerulean, American Redstart, Black-and-white 3 5
7/22 American Redstart, Black-and-white 2 6
7/28 Hooded, Pine, Cerulean, American Redstart 5 10
7/30 Black-throated Green, Hooded 2 8
 

AUGUST

    
8/1 No Report 0 0
8/2 Northern Parula, Kentucky, Blackburnian, Cerulean 7 21
8/3 No Report 0 0
8/4 No Report 0 0
8/5 Prairie, American Redstart, Black-and-white 3 3
8/6 Cerulean, Blackburnian, Hooded, Prairie, Black-throated Green, American Redstart, Northern Parula 9 26
8/7 No Report 0 0
8/8 Worm-eating, Cerulean, Blackburnian, Hooded 10 21
8/9 Cerulean, Blackburnian, Worm-eating 7 12
8/10 No Report 0 0
8/11 Black-throated Green, Hooded  2 3
8/12 Cerulean, Black-throated Green, Hooded, Prairie 6 18
8/13 Chestnut-sided, Canada, Black-throated Green 5 13
8/14 No Report 0 0
8/15 Chestnut-sided, Black-throated Green, Hooded 5 16
8/16 Cerulean, Worm-eating, Hooded 4 7
8/17 Hooded, Worm-eating 2 5
8/18 Cerulean, Chestnut-sided, Prairie, American Redstart 8 20
8/19 Cerulean, Chestnut-sided, Hooded 7 15
8/20 Cerulean, Blackburnian, Chestnut-sided 5 16
8/21 Worm-eating, Northern Parula, Prairie 7 17
8/22 Black-throated Green, Hooded 2 5
8/23 Tennessee, Cerulean, Baltimore Oriole 8 13
8/24 Blackpoll, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Eastern Kingbird, Cerulean 8 19
8/25 No Report 0 0
8/26 Blackburnian, Black-throated Green, Hooded 5 9
8/27 Magnolia, Cerulean, Chestnut-sided 8 15
8/28 No Report 0 0
8/29 Canada, Tennessee, Magnolia 12 35
8/30 Peregrine Falcon, Swainson's Thrush, Cerulean 7 16
8/31 Ovenbird, Cerulean, Tennessee 12 31
 

SEPTEMBER

    
9/01 Canada, Blackburnian, Tennessee 9 24
9/02 Least Flycatcher, Blue-winged, Black-throated Blue, Cerulean 15 63
9/03 Cerulean, Blackburnian, Tennessee, Chestnut-sided 12 81
9/04 Cerulean, Canada, Baltimore Oriole 12 51
9/05 Cerulean, Common Nighthawk 13 50
9/06 Cerulean, Worm-eating, Tennessee 11 46
9/07 Blue-winged, Cerulean, Chestnut-sided 9 25
9/08 Tennessee, Hooded, Blackburnian 5 25
9/09 Cerulean, Blackburnian, Magnolia 11 52
9/10  Bay-breasted, Blackburnian, Chestnut-sided, Magnolia 14 34
9/11 Common Yellowthroat, Cerulean, Black-throated Green 8 22
9/12 Canada, Worm-eating, Chestnut-sided 6 7
9/13 Rain! No Report 0 0
9/14 Yellow-throated Warbler, Warbling Vireo 12 86
9/15 Golden-winged, Blue-winged, Blackburnian 12 41
9/16 Nashville, Palm, Golden-winged, Rose-breasted Grosbeak 11 42
9/17  Bay-breasted, Blackburnian, Chestnut-sided, Magnolia 12 55
9/18  Yellow-breasted Chat, Tennessee, Chestnut-sided 6 12
9/19  RAIN! No Report 0 0
9/20  Philadelphia Vireo, Tennessee, Chestnut-sided, Peregrine Falcon 8 55
9/21  Bald Eagle, Broad-winged Hawk, Blue-winged Warbler 7 22
9/22  No Report 0 0
9/23  Blackburnian, Chestnut-sided 9 38
9/24  Blackburnian, Chestnut-sided 4 6
9/25  Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Magnolia, Chestnut-sided 9 66
9/26  Golden-winged, Blue-winged, Bay-breasted, Philadelphia Vireo, Thrush count* 15 73
9/27  Bobolink, Worm-eating, Philadelphia Vireo 9 28
9/28  Winter Wren, Peregrine Falcon, Blackburnian 9 21
9/29  Nashville, Blackburnian, Philadelphia Vireo 12 45
9/30  Tennessee, Blackburnian, Gray-cheeked Thrush 9 63
 

OCTOBER 

    
10/01  No Report 0 0
10/02  No Report 0 0
10/03  Barred Owl, Blackburnian, Tennessee 9 55
10/04  No Report 0 0
10/05  No Report 0 0
10/06  No Report 0 0
10/07  Orange-crowned, Blackburnian, Magnolia 12 45
10/08 Golden-winged, Blackpoll, Bay-breasted 12 49
10/09  No report 0 0
10/10  Black-throated Blue, Tennessee, Magnolia 3 6
10/11  No Report 0 0
10/12  Blackburnian, Bay-breasted, Hooded 8 42
10/13  No Report 0 0
10/14  Northern Parula, Bay-breasted, American Redstart 8 19
10/15 No Report 0 0
10/16 No Report 0 0
10/17 No Report 0 0
10/18 No Report 0 0
10/19 No Report 0 0
10/20 No Report 0 0
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