Kennesaw Mountain Report  9/4/2005

 

0715-1120  67F-80F  Broken clouds to start, then clearing and sunny. Winds
NE 12-15 kts.

 

Obs: G Beaton, M Davis, P Howard, B+D Zaremba, then many others later

 

CAGO 26

SSHA 1

COHA 1

YBCU 1

CHSW 35

RTHU 6

EAWP 1

WEVI 3

REVI 7

WBNU 4

HOWR 2

VEER 1

SWTH 2

WOTH 1

GRCA 1

BWWA 1m

TEWA 1

NOPA 2  1m 1f

CSWA 10  none w/chestnut

MAWA 1   fots

BTBW 1m  fots

BTNW 1 chip

BLBW 2  1m 1if

YTWA 1  ssp unk

PIWA 1m

CERW 1if

BAWW 2  1f 1unk

AMRE 1f/im

WEWA 3

KEWA 1m

MOWA 1f  fots  6th fall record, new early date by 1 day

MGWA 1f  new record for KMT, 3rd record for GA. Adult female, seen well at
close range, heard chipping repeatedly. 

COYE 1f

HOWA 6  2m 1f 3 chip

WIWA 1m                               20 species of warblers. 8th fall day
with 20 or more species, and earliest (8 Sep 1997)

SUTA 3  1f 2 call

SCTA 2f

INBU 2 f or imm

BAOR 1

AMGO 4

 

Both the MacGillivray's and Mourning Warblers were seen just below the bench
at the saddle overlook, moving around in the scrubby plants, mostly staying
hidden. The MGWA was seen intermittently from 0835 until at least 1130, and
the MOWA was seen while looking for the MGWA around 1000 and then
intermittently after that. When first seen, the MGWA stayed out in the open
as close as 10 feet, so all the field marks could be studied well. Other GA
MGWA records are a banded bird from Jekyll Island on 2 Oct 1987 (Oriole
56:48-9), and a female in Lawrenceville 28-29 Sep 2004.

 

Great morning!! Giff