Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 21:40:07 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Sue Ricciardi Subject: Fort Smallwood Park 5/5 - 5/10 2000 Comments: To: BIRDCHAT MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Yesterday (Tuesday, 5/9) Greg Smith snagged our first Mississippi Kite of the season. The day also brought good numbers of immature Broadwings: 426 out of 432. Winds were favorable - WSW at 10+ mph, but the heat resulted in speck migrants after 10:30 a.m. Today, thunderstorms halted the watch at 11:30 a.m. 5/5/00 OS 4 BE 1 NH 1 SS 78 CH 11 BW 36 RT 1 Total 132 5/6/00 TV 33 OS 5 NH 2 SS 73 CH 11 BW 1 RT 3 ML 1 TOTAL 129 5/7/00 NH 3 SS 31 CH 2 UR 1 TOTAL 37 5/9/00 TV 88 OS 2 MK 1 BE 3 SS 22 CH 5 BW 432 RT 1 TOTAL 554 5/10/00 SS 1 BW 4 TOTAL 5 SEASON TOTALS BV 227 TV 3147 OS 338 MK 1 BE 37 NH 136 SS 1928 CH 411 NG 2 RS 246 BW 772 RT 393 GE 1 AK 862 ML 43 PG 3 U 23 TOTAL 8570 HOURS 302.3 Also, in the past ten days we've counted nearly 8500 Blue Jays and 700 Goldfinches, along with decent numbers of Cedar Waxwings, Solitary Sandpipers, Orioles, and Bobolinks. 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 ========================================================================= ===========================================================================