Date: Sat, 11 May 2002 23:17:46 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Sue Ricciardi Subject: Fort Smallwood - May Count and Hawks MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable May Count An amazing 95 species for Fort Smallwood today, made even more amazing by the appearance of 3 BLACK TERNS. As Dave Mozurkewich and I were finishing up our count in the parking lot, we noticed a feeding frenzy begin out in the river. Ring-billed, Herring, Laughing and Bonaparte's Gulls began gathering and terns soon joined in. We saw 1 Royal Tern (could have been more) and then a large number (about 100) of small terns appeared, alternately flying and sitting in the water. They turned out to be Commons. Dave noticed the first Black Tern flying among them and as we observed it, two more flew in. Fort Smallwood Park Hawkwatch Friday 5/11/2002 Some high-flying immature=20 Broadwings in the afternoon. 5/11---YTD BV------0------139 TV-----26----4003 OS------3------425 MK------0---------1 BE------2--------47 NH------0------103 SS------5-----2905 CH------1------468 NG------0---------1 RS------0------133 BW----39------565 RT-------1------298 AK-------1------333 ML-------3-------55 UA-------0---------4 UB-------0---------4 UF-------0---------4 UR-------0---------9 TOT----81----9523 HRS---7.5-----377 Winds: North turning to Variable 5-17 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 =========================================================================