Date: 4/11/13 8:37 pm
From: <susiericc...>
Subject: [MDBirding] Fort Smallwood Park Hawkwatch Thursday, April 11, 2013


Fort Smallwood Park
Pasadena, Maryland, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 11, 2013
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
Black Vulture 2 151 410
Turkey Vulture 6 1851 5586
Osprey 7 204 369
Bald Eagle 0 10 40
Northern Harrier 0 38 46
Sharp-shinned Hawk 10 383 447
Cooper's Hawk 3 120 183
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 71 246
Broad-winged Hawk 1 32 32
Red-tailed Hawk 0 77 155
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 1
American Kestrel 3 207 257
Merlin 1 16 24
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: 33 3168 7819

Observation start time: 8:00 am
Observation end time: 3:00 pm
Total observation time: 7 hours
Official Counter Sue Ricciardi
Observers: Dan Stewart, Hal Wierenga, Nancy Magnusson

Visitors:
Neil Rothschild

Weather:
Partly cloudy; 64-81 degrees; Fair visibility with haze; winds light and easterly, increasing over the course of the day,0-8 mph, except 16 mph in the last hour

Raptor Observations:
Not much flying today; easterly winds may have pushed the flight inland

Non-raptor Observations:
First Spotted Sandpiper of the season; Horned Grebe 84; Savannah Sparrow 2; Caspian Tern 3; Laughing Gull 1
Complete ebird list:�� http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S13714716

Report submitted by Sue Ricciardi ( <susiericc...> )
Fort Smallwood Park information may be found at: http://www.mdbirds.org/sites/mdsites/hawks/hawkwatch.html
Fort Smallwood Park
Pasadena, Maryland, USA

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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