Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 22:38:05 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Sue Ricciardi Subject: Fort Smallwood Park 4/23/03 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 23, 2003 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- BV 28 53 164 TV 84 571 3508 OS 49 270 327 BE 2 16 22 NH 6 58 66 SS 228 821 891 CH 30 149 289 NG 0 0 1 RS 2 16 187 BW 391 495 495 RT 9 47 234 RL 0 0 0 GE 0 0 0 AK 16 165 262 ML 9 33 37 PG 0 2 2 UR 1 18 33 SK 0 0 1 Total: 855 2714 6519 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:15:00 EDT Observation end time: 17:00:00 Total observation time: 7.75 hours Official Counter: Sue Ricciardi Other Observers: Dan Eberly, Jane Geuder, John Hoffman, Linda = Baker, Ralph Geuder Visitors: Dave Grove, Deb Gingrich, Bob Smith, the Millers Weather: Strong west or northwest winds; mostly sunny but usually some clouds in vital areas of sky; temps reaching 61 degrees. Observations: Terrific day with Sharpies or Broadwings always in view. Birds both low and very high all day. Little Blue Heron; Spotted Sandpiper; 2 Red-throated 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 =========================================================================