Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 21:41:14 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Sue Ricciardi Subject: Fort Smallwood Park, MD 4/19/2002 Comments: To: Birdhawk MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Fort Smallwood Park Hawkwatch Best day of this season! Two records fell today. Earliest Mississippi Kite (adult) ever - by 9 nine days. Most number of species in a day - 14. Also, a Northern Goshawk - rather rare for us and almost 800 Blue Jays. 4/19---YTD BV------1------122 TV-----68-----3289 OS-----19------214 MK------1----------1 BE------1--------28 NH------6--------61 SS-----298---1212 CH-----43------262 NG------1----------1 RS-------2------127 BW------53------85 RT-------4------240 AK-------4------309 ML-------3-------17 UA-------0---------1 UB-------0---------3 UF-------0---------1 UR-------0--------4 TOT-----504----5977 HRS-----6.8------254 Winds: Variable, 0-10 mph 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. All numbers are unofficial. Sue Ricciardi, Compiler 1132 Ferber Avenue Arnold, Maryland 21012 susier@starpower.net BV Black Vulture; TV Turkey Vulture; OS Osprey; MK Mississippi Kite; BE = Bald Eagle; NH Northern Harrier; SS Sharp-shinned Hawk; CH Cooper's Hawk; NG Northern Goshawk; RS Red-shouldered Hawk; BW Broad-winged Hawk; RT Red-tailed Hawk; AK American Kestrel; ML Merlin; PG Peregrine Falcon; UA Unidentified Accipiter; UB Unidentified Buteo; UF Unidentified = Falcon; UR Unidentified Raptor =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =========================================================================