Fort Smallwood Park
Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: May 20, 2013
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
Black Vulture 0 31 532
Turkey Vulture 45 787 7172
Osprey 2 61 507
Bald Eagle 7 58 133
Northern Harrier 0 10 69
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 75 845
Cooper's Hawk 1 28 268
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 256
Broad-winged Hawk 11 279 393
Red-tailed Hawk 0 38 241
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 1
American Kestrel 0 2 273
Merlin 0 5 39
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 2 8 17
Mississippi Kite 2 4 4
Total: 71 1395 10777
Observation start time:
10:00 am
Observation end time: 4:30 pm� Daylight Savings Time
Total observation time: 6.5 hours
Official Counter Sue Ricciardi
Observers: Ralph Geuder
Weather:
Mostly cloudy with an abundance of dark clouds but also partly cloudy patches; 68-77 degrees; poor to fair visibility; winds light, mostly from the SW, 0-9 mph
Raptor Observations:
Birds were flying when the partly cloudy patches appeared. Two Mississippi Kites, traveling together with vultures and a broad-wing, appeared at 1:58 daylight time. They were fairly high and flew directly north without tarrying. With the poor light conditions, aging was difficult, but the one most well seen appeared to be an adult.
Non-raptor Observations:
The pair of flickers, which had previously yielded the hole they were excavating to a pair of Tree Swallows, were back at the hole today. Unfortunately, starlings challenged the flickers and seemed to be in control at the end of the day. Meanwhile the Tree Swallows were interested in a� hole nearby.� Stay tuned.
Complete ebird report:� http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14190713
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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