Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2003 21:46:14 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Sue Ricciardi Subject: Fort Smallwood Park 4/20/03 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: Apr 20, 2003 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- BV 1 15 126 TV 11 464 3401 OS 10 191 248 BE 1 10 16 NH 0 42 50 SS 20 507 577 CH 5 111 251 NG 0 0 1 RS 1 13 184 BW 3 93 93 RT 4 34 221 RL 0 0 0 GE 0 0 0 AK 0 137 234 ML 0 20 24 PG 0 2 2 UR 0 16 31 SK 0 0 1 Total: 56 1655 5460 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:30:00 EDT Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 6.5 hours Site Coordinator: Bob Rineer, Sue Ricciardi Observers: Bob Rineer Visitors: Ben and Maury Weinstein Weather: Pleasant. Temps in the 50's and low 60's; partly cloudy. Unfortunately, winds not cooperative: variable or east and light. Observations: First Green Heron of the season. A few migrating Blue Jays, American Goldfinches, and Common Loons. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=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; 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 =========================================================================