From: "Giff Beaton" To: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Subject: KMT 4/21/03 Date: Monday, April 21, 2003 12:59 PM Kennesaw Mountain Report 4/21/03 0725-1105 62F-68F Overcast, foggy above the saddle, with heavy rains coming from the west visible on the radar before going up there. The rain started around 1040 and became heavy around 1050. Winds WSW 10 kts. Obs: E Barton, G Beaton, S Blanchard, M Davis, D Hedeen, P Howard, P Ireland, J Wright CHSW 1 fots RTHU 3 2m 1f GCFL 2 EAKI 1 WEVI 3 YTVI 3 BHVI 1 REVI 13 HOWR 1 RCKI 4 BGGN 9 WOTH 4 GRCA 1 GWWA 1m NAWA 2m CSWA 2m CMWA 3m BTBW 3m YRWA 85 BTNW 8m PIWA 3m PRAW 2 1m 1f PAWA 9W BLPW 1m (EB and DH) BAWW 5m AMRE 2 1m 1f WEWA 4 OVEN 2 HOWA 13 11m 2chip 16 species of warblers SUTA 8 6m 2call SCTA 10m WTSP 12 RBGR 13 6m 5f 2call INBU 6 2m 4call BHCO 2 BAOR 1m The mountain was really hopping today, with lots of birds madly flying around the tree tops (most of them YRWA or unidentified!). At one point we had a large flock or warblers swirling around us up high with about 5 male SCTA and 5-6 RBGR right in front of us, pretty cool. Also found another BGGN nest, fairly high up in a chestnut tree above the Cape May trail on the downhill side. The adults were bringing food to the nest so there must be young even though we could not see any. If the rain continues most of today and/or tonight tomorrow may also be good... Giff