Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2003 22:26:48 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Sue Ricciardi Subject: Fort Smallwood Park 3/15/03 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 15, 2003 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- BV 12 51 54 TV 220 845 874 OS 1 14 14 BE 4 5 5 NH 0 2 2 SS 5 27 28 CH 8 52 52 NG 0 1 1 RS 12 141 141 BW 0 0 0 RT 17 120 120 RL 0 0 0 GE 0 0 0 AK 0 13 13 ML 0 1 1 PG 0 0 0 UR 0 3 3 Total: 279 1275 1308 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:15:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 7.25 hours Site Coordinator: Sue Ricciardi Observers: Bob Rineer, Cal Orvis, Dan Eberly, Sue Ricciardi Weather: Temps warmed to 58 degrees; sunny skies; winds favorable, SW most of the day, 6-20 mph. Observations: Nice kettles of vultures with buteos and accipiters mixed in. 2 non-migrant Peregrine Falcons. A pair of adult Bald Eagles danced in synchrony across the sky. A Red-throated Loon stayed close to shore for good views. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=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 Ricciardi (susier@starpower.net) 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. 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; RL Rough-legged Hawk; GE Golden Eagle; 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 =========================================================================