Kennesaw Mountain Report  10/4/00

Thrush Count 0530-0715 GB, BZ, DZ 790 SWTH, 60-80 ea. GCTH, VEER, WOTH

0715-0950  60F-72F  Clear, winds NW 5kts.

Obs: G Beaton T Egan P Howard B+D Zaremba plus others

CHSW 27
EAWP 3
BHVI 3
REVI 3
WBNU 2
HOWR 1
RCKI 2
EABL 2  Could have been more, heard calling flyovers
SWTH 3
WOTH 1
GRCA 15
TEWA 16
CSWA 5 1a 4i
MAWA 10
BTBW 2 1m 1if
BTNW 16 1m 1f 3im 6if 4 unk 1 chip
PIWA 4m
BBWA 2
BAWW 3 1f 2if
AMRE 10 1m 1im 8 unk
WEWA 2
HOWA 10 all heard only               11 species of warblers
SCTA 3 1m 1im 1 call
SUTA 1 call
RBGR 6

The thrush count was great. From 0645-0710 was one continuous wave of
calling Swainson's Thrushes! Once it got light, we got most of the warblers
on top in the first 30 minutes and then everything else was pretty slow.
Tom and I also had 21 FICR at the marsh, but not much else. Giff