Fort Smallwood Park
Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: May 29, 2013
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
Black Vulture 1 49 550
Turkey Vulture 15 919 7304
Osprey 2 75 521
Bald Eagle 2 85 160
Northern Harrier 0 12 71
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 75 845
Cooper's Hawk 2 31 271
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 2 257
Broad-winged Hawk 66 506 620
Red-tailed Hawk 0 43 246
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 1
American Kestrel 0 2 273
Merlin 0 5 39
Peregrine Falcon 1 3 5
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 16 16
Total: 90 1837 11219
Observation start time: 9:30 am
Observation end time: 3:00 pm� Daylight Savings time
Total observation time: 5.5 hours
Official Counter Sue Ricciardi
Observers: Mary Jane McMillan
Weather:
Partly cloudy; 75-87 degrees; poor to fair visibility with haze; winds mostly from the WSW, 6-10 mph
Raptor Observations:
A pretty good day for migrants this late in the season; another Mississippi Kite, unaged, at 11:45 am daylight time, flying directly north. We are retracting the first of the ten Mississippi Kites counted on May 21. This individual was observed at quite a distance, but photos were taken. One of them appeared in an ebird list and some questions were raised. The entire set of photos was then distributed to several experts and the consensus was that a few of the photos favored American Kestrel while others were inconclusive. Happily, with today's kite, the total for the season stands at 16, a record number.
Non-raptor Observations:
ebird list:� http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14285612
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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