Kennesaw Mountain Report  9/26/2006

 

0700-1025  53-72F  Mostly clear and sunny. Winds NNW 8-10 kts.

 

Obs: G Beaton, M Davis, M Oberle, D Zaremba

 

CHSW 28
RTHU 3
EAWP 5
YTVI 1
PHVI 1   
REVI 6
WBNU 8
RCKI 2
BGGN 1
VEER 1
GCTH 3
SWTH 27
WOTH 10
GRCA 11
BWWA 1m
GWWA 1m
TEWA 23
NOPA 1f
CSWA 8  3 w/chestnut
MAWA 4
BTNW 10  2m 2f 1im 3if 2unk
BLBW 2m
PIWA 3  2m 1f
BBWA 3
BAWW 1unk
AMRE 8  2m 6f/im
WEWA 1
COYE 2  1m 1chip
HOWA 5  1m 4call                                                 15 species
of warblers
SUTA 2  1f 1call
SCTA 29  details not recorded
RBGR 31
BLGR 1call
INBU 4  1f 3call

 

There were birds everywhere, but most moving too fast to get on. Several
pretty good-sized flocks. In addition to the list above, GB, MO, and DZ
conducted a predawn thrush count from 0530-0700. The numbers were just
staggering, including several new high counts for predawn counts at KMT. We
basically walked up from 0530-0600, and didn't count much, but from
0600-0700 the birds were constantly flying over, it was just amazing.  to
get these new high counts in such a short count period (1 hour) is just
awesome. I am sure we undercounted, as many times too many were calling at
once to count. Very cool.

 

VEER 22

GCTH 147  a new high count by 63

SWTH 1096  a new high count by 306!!

HETH 2  fots, this is a new early date by 3 days, but BZ likely had one on
the ground yesterday

WOTH 211  a new high count by 194!! (we usually don't get many in fall, for
unknown reasons, best in spring is 198)

BOBO 2  fots

 

Though we were frustrated by all the missed birds after dawn, this spectacle
was great! Giff