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Fort Smallwood Park
Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 02, 2013
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
Black Vulture 2 2 14
Turkey Vulture 14 15 192
Osprey 0 1 3
Bald Eagle 0 0 6
Northern Harrier 0 0 0
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 1 2
Cooper's Hawk 0 0 4
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 11
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0
Red-tailed Hawk 1 1 10
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 0 0
Merlin 0 0 0
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
Total: 17 20 242
Observation start time: 10:30:00
Observation end time: 14:00:00
Total observation time: 3.5 hours
Official Counter Sue Ricciardi
Observers:
Weather:
Cloudy or overcast; a chilly 35-36 degrees; excellent visibility; winds from the WNW, 9-13 mph
Raptor Observations:
A few migrants when the skies brightened a bit
Non-raptor Observations:� A Long-tailed Duck was sitting on what looks like an old Canada Goose nest or possibly a muskrat house �at the edge of the pond.� This is odd in itself for�a sea duck.� A Canada Goose swam over, climbed onto the nest, and with its beak picked up the Long-tail by the neck and threw it off the nest into the water.� The duck doesn't seem to be injured and was swimming about after the incident.�
Report submitted by Sue Ricciardi ( <susiericc...> )
Fort Smallwood Park information may be found at: http://www.mdbirds.org/sites/mdsites/hawks/hawkwatch.html
Site Description
Fort Smallwood Park is located on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay at the
mouth of the Patapsco River, 11 miles south of Baltimore, MD. Best winds are
from the southwest. The Park is closed to visitors on Wednesdays.
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