Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 17:48:02 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Sue Ricciardi Subject: Fort Smallwood Park 3/19/03 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 19, 2003 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- BV 0 51 54 TV 1 859 888 OS 0 14 14 BE 0 5 5 NH 0 2 2 SS 0 31 32 CH 0 54 54 NG 0 1 1 RS 0 142 142 BW 0 0 0 RT 0 120 120 RL 0 0 0 GE 0 0 0 AK 0 14 14 ML 0 1 1 PG 0 0 0 UR 0 3 3 Total: 1 1297 1330 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 11:45:00 Total observation time: 2.75 hours Site Coordinator: Sue Ricciardi Observers: Weather: Temps in the 40's; strong east winds; cloudy. Observations: A second day of unfavorable winds and viewing conditions limited the = flight to one brave Turkey Vulture. About 25 others milled about, but withdrew to the southwest and out of sight. Perhaps they migrated further east. One young Bald Eagle flew south. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=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 =========================================================================