Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 21:42:54 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Sue Ricciardi Subject: Fort Smallwood Park, MD 4/23/2002 Comments: To: Birdhawk MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Fort Smallwood Park Hawkwatch Tuesday, 4/23/2002 Hawks: In the air all day Observers: Tired, but still have smiles on their faces Best counts this season for OS, SS, CH, BW, ML and daily total. West component to winds, nice puffy clouds and cool temperatures helped the numbers and the observers. 4/23---YTD BV------9------132 TV----101----3438 OS-----47------288 MK------0----------1 BE------3---------31 NH------8--------77 SS----335----1811 CH-----67------351 NG------0----------1 RS------2-------129 BW----334-----451 RT------16------257 AK--------1------317 ML-------11------35 UA-------1---------3 UB-------0---------3 UF-------0---------2 UR-------0--------4 TOT-----935----7331 HRS-----8.2------278 Winds: Northwest or West, 9-25 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 =========================================================================