Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 21:31:56 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Sue Ricciardi Subject: Fort Smallwood Park, MD 5/14,15/2002 Comments: To: Birdhawk MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Fort Smallwood Park Hawkwatch Wednesday 5/15/2002 Yesterday, in the very stiff west winds, 6 TV's and 6 OS's were observed. Today's somewhat diminished west winds brought a nice flight, including our second MISSISSIPPI KITE, a probable adult. =20 5/15---YTD BV------0------141 TV-----27----4119 OS------6------447 MK------1---------2 BE------2--------51 NH------0------103 SS------1-----2907 CH------0------474 NG------0---------1 RS------0------133 BW----94------708 RT-------2------303 AK-------0------333 ML-------0-------55 UA-------0---------4 UB-------0---------4 UF-------0---------4 UR-------0---------9 TOT---133----9798 HRS---6.5------396 Winds: West 13-29 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 =========================================================================