Fort Smallwood Park
Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 13, 2013
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
Black Vulture 22 173 432
Turkey Vulture 211 2062 5797
Osprey 13 217 382
Bald Eagle 3 13 43
Northern Harrier 1 39 47
Sharp-shinned Hawk 24 407 471
Cooper's Hawk 7 127 190
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 72 247
Broad-winged Hawk 30 62 62
Red-tailed Hawk 12 89 167
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 1
American Kestrel 5 212 262
Merlin 1 17 25
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: 330 3498 8149
Observation start time: 9:00 am
Observation end � time:4:00 pm� Daylight Savings Time
Total observation time: 7 hours
Official Counter: � � � �Sue Ricciardi
Observers: � � � �Hal Wierenga, Linda Baker, Mary Jane McMillan
Visitors:
Anne Arundel Bird Club: Kevin Smith, Dotty Mumford, Linda Baker, Dan
Walker, Linda Vitchock, Christine Thompson, Alan Johnson, Anne Cross, Emily
Mitchell, Hilary Sullivan, Derek Stoner, Margaret Machado; Chesapeake
Audubon Society (8)
Weather:
Partly cloudy becoming mostly cloudy and then back to partly cloudy; 53-63
degrees; fair visibility becoming excellent; winds westerly 3-15 mph,
gusting to 25 mph
Raptor Observations:
Steady flight throughout the day with 12 species represented. �Courting
Cooper's Hawks and Ospreys, and 2 adult Bald Eagles giving a spirited
aerial display.
Non-raptor Observations:
Three terns new for the season: Forster's, Royal, and Least; Caspian Tern
made it a 4-tern day; about 20 Horned Grebes; Sora; about 15 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers
Mostly complete ebird list:� http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S13737612
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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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