Fort Smallwood Park
Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 10, 2013
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
Black Vulture 10 149 408
Turkey Vulture 176 1845 5580
Osprey 6 197 362
Bald Eagle 0 10 40
Northern Harrier 3 38 46
Sharp-shinned Hawk 45 373 437
Cooper's Hawk 8 117 180
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 71 246
Broad-winged Hawk 19 31 31
Red-tailed Hawk 2 77 155
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 1
American Kestrel 6 204 254
Merlin 0 15 23
Peregrine Falcon 0 1 1
Unknown Accipiter 0 5 8
Unknown Buteo 0 2 6
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 8
Total: 277 3135 7786
Observation start time: 9:30 am
Observation end time: 3:00 pm� Daylight Savings Time
Total observation time: 5.5 hours
Official Counter Sue Ricciardi
Observers: Hal Wierenga, Lynn Davidson
Weather:
Partly cloudy; 74-88 degrees; good visibility; winds mostly from the west with a southwest component early, 6-15 mph, gusting to 23 mph
Raptor Observations:
Local Peregrine Falcons are being seen regularly as was one today. An immature Bald Eagle chased after an Osprey trying to make it drop its fish. A perched adult Bald Eagle took off to join the fray. The immature eagle yielded to the adult and left the chase. The Osprey promptly dropped its fish as the adult eagle closed in.
Non-raptor Observations:
A Common Raven heading towards Sparrows Point; neglected to mention yesterday's Caspian Terns (3), new for the season; a Sora has been calling for a few days; about 20 Northern Rough-winged Swallows.
Complete ebird list:� http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S13705417
Report submitted by Sue Ricciardi ( <susiericc...> )
Fort Smallwood Park information may be found at: http://www.mdbirds.org/sites/mdsites/hawks/hawkwatch.html �
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