2000 KENNESAW MOUNTAIN SPRING SUMMARY Here at last is the Spring 2000 Summary for KMT. This is in a similar format as last fall: Four letter band code for species, then total number seen this season, followed by the five year average total for spring (rounded to nearest whole). Then extreme date range, then dates this species was “common” (NC means never common, or at least not consistently common), then the one day high count this season with the all-time one day high count in parens. The season total is the sum of all daily totals, so a single bird may be counted on successive days and artificially pump up the total. I will try to comment whenever this occurs, such as when uncommon species breed and get counted every day. DCCO 70,20 4/17-4/26 NC 68 (65) Four flocks totaling 68 on 4/17, new high TUVU 91,125 3/17-5/15 3/23-5/7 9 (21) OSPR 1,1 5/7 NC 1 (1) Fifth spring record NOHA 6,4 4/3-4/26 NC 1 (1) 14th-19th spring records, ties high year SSHA 17,22 3/15-4/26 NC 2 (3) COHA 8,9 3/28-5/19 NC 1 (2) Acc sp. 5 RSHA 6,7 3/26-5/2 NC 2 (2) BWHA 12,33 4/8-5/5 4/16-4/27 2 (49) RTHA 51,44 3/15-5/17 3/25-5/8 5 (7) Second highest spring count AMKE 1,6 4/6 NC 1 (5) WITU 1 4/11 NC 1 GRYE 1 4/15 NC 1 (1) Only spring record, 2nd overall BOGU 5 4/17 NC 5 (5) Flock of 5 birds, only record for KMT ever YBCU 10,15 4/23-5/5 NC 2 (6) Very low numbers some years, new early CWWI 1,4 4/12 NC 1 (2) CHSW 63,104 4/3-5/20 NC 8 (35) Lowest spring count RTHU 12,16 4/3-5/11 NC 3 (3) New early RHWO 5,8 4/16-5/12 NC 1 Single seen every trip 4/16-4/23, single 5/12 YBSA 30,42 3/15-4/12 3/15-3/31 3 (15) EAWP 20,32 4/15-5/12 4/28-5/7 4 (9) ACFL 1,1 4/30 NC 1 (2) Emp sp. 3 5/2-5/11 NC 1 EAPH 10,15 3/15-4/16 NC 1 (4) GCFL 40,33 4/20-5/20 4/30-5/20 4 (6) Highest spring total, bumped up by res. EAKI 15,19 4/19-5/14 4/19-4/29 3 (12) WEVI 133,102 3/28-5/20 4/3-4/30 7 (11) Highest year total, numbers up for res? YTVI 44,49 4/3-5/15 4/12-4/23 6 (7) BHVI 117,81 3/15-5/2 3/21-4/19 6 (10) Last two springs have been very high totals REVI 515,593 4/9-5/20 4/12-5/15 30 (70) FICR 4 3/25-5/14 NC 2 (2) Only found at KMT in last three years PUMA 6,8 4/17-5/5 NC 2 (6) TRES 1,3 5/5 NC 1 (5) Ninth spring record, new late NRWS 8,13 4/1-5/17 NC 2 (4) BARS 7,10 4/1-5/12 NC 2 (5) RBNU 5,10 3/29-5/1 NC 1 (1) Irruptive species, only seen 3/5 years. BRCR 6,4 3/21-4/4 NC 1 (1) Six individuals, more than usual HOWR 17,25 4/17-5/5 NC 3 (8) WIWR 24,17 3/18-4/18 NC 3 (4) Highest spring count GCKI 104,91 3/15-4/21 3/15-4/2 19 (39) New late date, only one after 4/7 RCKI 517,340 3/15-5/11 3/15-5/2 24 (38) 2nd highest year for both kinglets BGGN 221,230 3/26-5/20 3/31-5/8 12 (30) VEER 25,26 4/21-5/15 4/27-5/3 5 (17) GCTH 1,3 5/2 NC 1 (3) Always very low SWTH 43,42 4/19-5/15 4/24-5/2 7 (27) HETH 85,94 3/18-4/24 3/28-4/19 9 (12) WOTH 93,110 4/3-5/14 4/16-5/7 11 (12) GRCA 9,24 4/10-5/12 NC 3 (6) Lowest spring count CEDW 678,343 3/18-5/15 3/18-4/11, 5/1-12 150 (75)Two peaks, new spring high by 183 BWWA 30,26 4/12-5/2 4/21-4/30 5 (6) GWWA 6,10 4/26-4/30 NC 3 (4) Never many in spring TEWA 33,29 4/20-5/12 NC 14 (7) Second highest spring, doubled high count OCWA 21,22 4/8-4/30 NC 2 (7) Very evenly spread out NAWA 28,10 4/12-5/4 4/23-4/30 6 (4) Huge year (3X prev high), new high, early NOPA 13,37 4/12-5/5 NC 2 (5) Low year after four high ones YWAR 1,4 4/27 NC 1 (2) Never many at KMT CSWA 106,109 4/17-5/11 4/26-5/5 12 (18) MAWA 31,51 4/22-5/15 4/28-5/5 4 (17) CMWA 18,32 4/15-5/8 NC 8 (15) Low spring (cyclic species) BTBW 29,61 4/12-5/9 4/25-5/2 7 (10) Second lowest spring count YRWA 2339 3/15-5/6 3/28-4/25 175 (225) 5-yr avg 2326 BTNW 364,311 3/26-5/15 4/12-5/5 34 (35) New high count for spring, last 4 good BLBW 128,118 4/3-5/17 4/12-5/2 24 (14) New early YTWA 10,15 3/26-4/12 NC 2 (6) New early PRAW 78,63 4/1-5/3 4/3-4/20 8 (9) Second highest spring, new early PAWA 121,209 3/25-5/5 4/3-4/28 11 (76) Western subspecies, low spring PAWA 6,5 4/1-4/15 NC 2 (3) Eastern subspecies, always few in spr BBWA 55,63 4/20-5/19 4/26-5/4 11 (22) BLPW 120,172 4/19-5/14 4/26-5/5 14 (60) Avg year if remove huge 1998 total CERW 74,94 4/8-5/2 4/14-4/30 13 (19) BAWW 122,183 3/26-5/15 4/3-5/4 10 (23) AMRE 45,62 4/13-5/15 NC 6 (15) Numbers spread out and low WEWA 40,78 4/3-5/6 4/20-4/30 5 (11) New early, somewhat low OVEN 87,93 4/3-5/5 4/12-4/30 13 (38) New early, lowest of last 4 yrs LOWA 1,1 4/4 NC 1 (1) 7th spring record, new early KEWA 16,12 4/16-5/1 4/23-4/28 2 (2) High numbers for this species, ties high yr COYE 12,12 4/17-5/5 NC 2 (4) HOWA 408,279 3/29-5/15 4/9-5/5 29 (26) New high day and season by 75, new early WIWA 1,<1 4/19 NC 1 (1) 4th spring record, new early by 11 days CAWA 33,20 4/23-5/15 4/26-4/30 9 (6) Ties GA early , (3X), new high day+total YBCH 12,6 4/29-5/19 NC 2 (4) Second highest season SUTA 258,218 4/13-5/20 4/19-5/15 20 (18) New high day and season SCTA 214,213 4/10-5/20 4/16-5/5 37 (43) CHSP 31,27 3/30-5/7 NC 6 (14) FISP 11,9 3/26-4/23 NC 2 (2) SOSP 9,9 3/25-4/23 NC 3 (2) New high count, new late WTSP 173,259 3/18-5/15 4/6-4/22 11 (48) DEJU 314,274 3/15-4/21 3/18-4/5 30 (62) RBGR 133,137 4/14-5/11 4/21-5/5 18 (32) BLGR 6,9 4/22-5/8 NC 2 (3) INBU 180,250 4/16-5/20 4/21-5/11 13 (26) Later arrival than usual, second lowest spr BOBO 2 4/24 NC 2 (0) Only spring record, heard before dawn BAOR 10,12 4/22-5/6 NC 2 (12) PUFI 84,42 3/15-4/14 NC 20 (48) Irruptive, second highest season PISI 234,74 3/15-5/9 3/21-4/11 54 (21) Irruptive, new high season, 2X high day AMGO 442 3/15-4/28 3/15-4/8 101 Large numbers, new high total TOTAL 9994,9211 Thanks to everybody who birded at Kennesaw and especially to those who turned their counts in. Thanks especially to Bob Z for all his spreadsheet data, which makes this report much easier to produce and hopefully makes it more interesting as well. If anyone has any comments please forward them to me or Bob. There seems to be a lot of variation year-to-year in many species, and hopefully sometime we can try to figure out how that is affected by weather, food availability, or observer effort.