Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2003 23:37:44 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Sue Ricciardi Subject: Fort Smallwood Park 3/8/03 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Fort Smallwood Park Pasadena, Maryland, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 08, 2003 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- BV 7 12 15 TV 82 170 199 OS 3 4 4 BE 0 0 0 NH 1 1 1 SS 6 9 10 CH 9 13 13 NG 0 0 0 RS 24 34 34 BW 0 0 0 RT 22 30 30 RL 0 0 0 GE 0 0 0 AK 0 0 0 ML 0 1 1 PG 0 0 0 UR 0 0 0 Total: 154 274 307 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00=20 Observation end time: 15:45:00=20 Total observation time: 6.75 hours Site Coordinator: Sue A. Ricciardi Observers: Bob Rineer, Bud Orvis, Cal Orvis, Dan Eberly, Hal = Wierenga, Linda Baker, Ralph Geuder, Sue A. Ricciardi Weather: Temps in the 40's and low 50's, partly cloudy, winds light. Observations: First big day of the season with 8 species represented. A very nice day = to be out. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Report submitted by Sue A. Ricciardi (susier@starpower.net) Fort Smallwood Park is located on the western shore of Chesapeake Bayat = the mouth of the Patapsco River, 11 miles south of Baltimore, MD.All = numbers are unofficial.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. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=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 =========================================================================