Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 10:03:41 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Sue Ricciardi Subject: Fort Smallwood Park 3/16/03 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 16, 2003 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- BV 0 51 54 TV 13 858 887 OS 0 14 14 BE 0 5 5 NH 0 2 2 SS 4 31 32 CH 2 54 54 NG 0 1 1 RS 1 142 142 BW 0 0 0 RT 0 120 120 RL 0 0 0 GE 0 0 0 AK 1 14 14 ML 0 1 1 PG 0 0 0 UR 0 3 3 Total: 21 1296 1329 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:30:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 4.5 hours Site Coordinator: Bob Rineer Observers: Hal Wierenga, Lynn Davidson Weather: Temps rising into the 60's; winds very light; clouding over by = afternoon. Observations: =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=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. Best = winds are from the southwest. 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 =========================================================================