Kennesaw Mountain Report  9/1/2003

0725-1000 73F-77F Overcast for most of the morning, alittle fog at the top. 
Winds NE 5-8 kts.

Obs: G Beaton, M Davis, T Keyes, K+L Theodorou, B+D Zaremba

SSHA 1
CHSW 12
RTHU 4
GCFL 1
WEVI 4
BHVI 1
REVI 19
BARS 1
WBNU 4
BHNU 1   just one in the VC parking lot, presumably the same one being seen 
irregularly recently
BGGN 7
GRCA 1
CEWX 2+  fots
TEWA 15
NOPA 3f
CSWA 10 one with chestnut
MAWA 2  fots
BTBW 1f  fots
BTNW 3 1m 2unk
BLBW 3 1m 1f 1if
PIWA 1m
CERW 5 2f 2if 1unk male
BAWW 1unk
AMRE 4f/im
HOWA 4 1f 3chip
CAWA 1m    13 species of warblers
SUTA 3 2m 1f
SCTA 2 1f 1im
INBU 1f
BAOR 2 1m 1f

Two neat caterpillars, both posted at:

http://www.giffbeaton.com/caterpillars.htm

The first one today is one of the slug caterpillars, found by Luke 
Theodorou and a first for Kennesaw. Thanks Luke! It's about the 8th one 
down (look for today's date), and is called the Small parasa. The second 
one is probably a Black-blotched Prominent, and it's a couple more down.

Birdwise we had a couple of small flocks and then one huge one at the top, 
and even with all these binoculars we missed many of them as they flew all 
over the top. Giff