Fort Smallwood Park
Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: May 22, 2013
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
Black Vulture 0 35 536
Turkey Vulture 34 861 7246
Osprey 2 65 511
Bald Eagle 7 73 148
Northern Harrier 0 10 69
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 75 845
Cooper's Hawk 1 29 269
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 2 257
Broad-winged Hawk 64 397 511
Red-tailed Hawk 1 42 245
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 0 8 17
Mississippi Kite 1 15 15
Total: 110 1627 11009
Observation start time: 8:00 am
Observation end time: 4:15 pm� Daylight Savings Time
Total observation time: 8.25 hours
Official Counter Nancy Magnusson, Sue Ricciardi
Observers: Hal Wierenga, Nancy Magnusson
Weather:
Cloudy at the start becoming mostly cloudy; 73-86 degrees; visibility poor to fair with fog/haze; winds starting out southwesterly, becoming variable, and ending from the SSE, 5-8 mph
Raptor Observations:
One more Mississippi Kite today at 2:59 daylight time, unaged; Broad-wings, Turkey Vultures, and Bald Eagles most notable.
Non-raptor Observations:
Viceroy Butterfly
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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