Fort Smallwood Park
Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: May 04, 2013
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
Black Vulture 8 8 509
Turkey Vulture 39 66 6451
Osprey 5 15 461
Bald Eagle 1 4 79
Northern Harrier 1 1 60
Sharp-shinned Hawk 7 19 789
Cooper's Hawk 4 6 246
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 255
Broad-winged Hawk 2 2 116
Red-tailed Hawk 0 1 204
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 1
American Kestrel 0 0 271
Merlin 1 2 36
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 2
Unknown Accipiter 1 1 11
Unknown Buteo 1 1 7
Unknown Falcon 0 0 1
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 9
Total: 70 126 9508
Observation start time: 8:00 am
Observation end time: 4:15 pm Eastern Daylight Time
Total observation time: 8.25 hours
Official Counter Nancy Magnusson, Sue Ricciardi
Observers: Bill Hubick, Nancy Magnusson, Sue Ricciardi
Visitors:
Joanne Howl, Jon Ranson, Nitin Agarwal
Weather:
Partly cloudy; 50-65 degrees; good to excellent visibility; winds varied from the E, NE, or ENE, 7-13 mph, gusting to 20 mph.
Raptor Observations:
Good clouds, bad winds, but a bigger flight than the previous several days.
Non-raptor Observations:
Flyover Least Sandpiper; Common Tern, first of season, close to 800 migrant Blue Jays; 2 Ruby-throated Hummingbirds; Black-throated Blue Warbler
Complete ebird list:� http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S13992190
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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