Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 01:41:33 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Sue Ricciardi Subject: Fort Smallwood Park 4/29/03 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 29, 2003 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- BV 0 63 174 TV 5 750 3687 OS 12 371 428 BE 0 25 31 NH 7 79 87 SS 250 1608 1678 CH 24 246 386 NG 0 0 1 RS 0 19 190 BW 10 809 809 RT 2 77 264 RL 0 0 0 GE 0 0 0 AK 4 210 307 ML 2 67 71 PG 0 3 3 UR 0 28 43 SK 0 0 1 Total: 316 4355 8160 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:30:00 EDT Observation end time: 13:30:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counters: Bob Rineer, Sue Ricciardi Other Observers: Hal Wierenga, John Hoffman Visitors: Wade Stephen Weather: Hazy and partly cloudy interrupted by showers; 60 to 74 degrees; winds mostly west or northwest 5-20 mph. Observations: Good flight today. Sharpies were the stars. Blue Jays pouring by. First Least Terns of the season. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=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 =========================================================================