Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 21:53:39 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Sue Ricciardi Subject: Fort Smallwood Park 3/19/04 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, 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- BV 0 74 78 TV 12 902 983 OS 14 32 32 BE 0 2 3 NH 0 2 2 SS 3 28 30 CH 0 44 45 NG 0 0 0 RS 0 63 68 BW 0 0 0 RT 0 67 75 RL 0 0 0 GE 0 0 0 AK 16 28 28 ML 0 0 0 PG 0 1 1 UR 0 8 8 Total: 45 1251 1353 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:45:00 Observation end time: 14:45:00 Total observation time: 5 hours Official Counter: Ralph Geuder, Sue Ricciardi Observers: Matt Grey, Ralph Geuder, Sue Ricciardi Weather: Mostly cloudy; 38-45 degrees; winds with a northerly component 7-20 mph. Weather starting to improve after 3 days of rain, fog, and dense = overcast. Observations: Ospreys and Kestrels willing to fly in less than favorable conditions. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=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; AK American Kestrel; ML Merlin; PG Peregrine Falcon; UA = Unidentified Accipiter; UB Unidentified Buteo; UF Unidentified Falcon =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=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 =========================================================================