Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 19:51:47 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Sue Ricciardi Subject: Fort Smallwood Park 3/26/00 Comments: To: BIRDCHAT MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Yesterday's "best day of the season" has already been relegated to second place. Strong west winds brought a deluge of vultures and a delightful afternoon flight of Kestrels. 112 of the 123 Kestrels came by between 12 and 5 p.m. Our first Merlins of the season also appeared today. 3/26/00 BV 52 TV 499 OS 16 BE 3 NH 5 SS 85 CH 33 RS 18 RT 28 AK 123 ML 2 TOTAL 864 SEASON TOTALS BV 184 TV 2106 OS 61 BE 18 NH 22 SS 206 CH 98 NG 1 RS 190 RT 169 AK 316 ML 2 U 3 TOTAL 3376 HOURS 132.9 Fort Smallwood Park is located on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Patapsco River, about 11 miles south of Baltimore, MD. All numbers are unofficial. Sue A. Ricciardi 1132 Ferber Avenue Arnold, Maryland 21012 susie@idsonline.com ========================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ========================================================================= ===========================================================================