Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 23:01:49 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Sue Ricciardi Subject: Fort Smallwood Park 3/24/03 Swallow-tailed Kite 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 24, 2003 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- BV 9 79 82 TV 172 2550 2579 OS 7 47 47 BE 0 5 5 NH 0 6 6 SS 12 62 63 CH 21 98 98 NG 0 1 1 RS 0 156 156 BW 0 0 0 RT 3 154 154 RL 0 0 0 GE 0 0 0 AK 5 82 82 ML 1 4 4 PG 0 0 0 UR 3 11 11 SK 1 1 1 Total: 234 3256 3289 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:30:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 6.5 hours Site Coordinator: Sue Ricciardi Observers: Weather: Temps rising to the low 60's; sunny skies; light to moderate east winds. Observations: I didn't know what to expect today after yesterday's huge flight. But surely the idea of a SWALLOW-TAILED KITE never entered my mind. An = adult flew over low and heading north at 11:05 am. The very long wings and = tail and its graceful flight were stunning. This may be the earliest record = ever in Maryland. 15 Red-throated Loons on the water; about 25 Horned Grebes with at least = 2 in full breeding plumage. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=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) BV Black Vulture; TV Turkey Vulture; OS Osprey; SK Swallow-tailed Kite; = 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 =========================================================================