Fort Smallwood Park
Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: May 11, 2013
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
Black Vulture 6 17 518
Turkey Vulture 320 483 6868
Osprey 12 49 495
Bald Eagle 8 32 107
Northern Harrier 3 7 66
Sharp-shinned Hawk 10 69 839
Cooper's Hawk 3 22 262
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 255
Broad-winged Hawk 106 134 248
Red-tailed Hawk 12 22 225
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 1
American Kestrel 1 2 273
Merlin 0 4 38
Peregrine Falcon 0 2 4
Unknown Accipiter 0 4 14
Unknown Buteo 0 2 8
Unknown Falcon 0 0 1
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 4 13
Mississippi Kite 0 2 2
Total: 481 855 10237
Observation start time: 8:00 am�
Observation end time: 5:30 pm
Total observation time: 8.5 hours
Official Counter Hal Wierenga
Observers: Lynn Davidson
Weather:
Mostly cloudy with threatening clouds in the morning and showers for about a half-hour in mid-morning; thunder showers ended the count in the late afternoon; 63-77 degrees; winds southwesterly 0-10 mph
Raptor Observations:
Good flight day, especially for Turkey Vultures, Broad-wings and Red-tails.
Non-raptor Observations:
Two Cliff Swallows, one Black Tern, and one Sandhill Crane in the mid-afternoon that flew northwest from south of the pond and high enough to require a scope to get a definitive ID.� Statewide May Count conducted at the Fort. Venice on the Bay, and Weinberg Park resulted in a total of 117 species.� ebird list will be posted later.
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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