Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 21:57:35 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Sue Ricciardi Subject: Fort Smallwood Park 3/25/04 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 25, 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- BV 2 90 94 TV 115 1561 1642 OS 5 68 68 BE 0 3 4 NH 1 5 5 SS 10 51 53 CH 18 85 86 NG 0 0 0 RS 3 76 81 BW 0 0 0 RT 11 92 100 RL 0 0 0 GE 0 0 0 AK 4 68 68 ML 0 0 0 PG 0 1 1 UR 1 12 12 Total: 170 2112 2214 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:30:00 Observation end time: 14:30:00 Total observation time: 5 hours Official Counter: Ralph Geuder, Sue Ricciardi Observers: Dan Eberly, Ralph Geuder, Sue Ricciardi Visitors: Sally Rowe Weather: Cloudy skies following early morning showers became partly cloudy in mid-morning; 50-67 degrees; winds out of the southwest. Observations: A nice push of raptors, once the skies started to clear. A flock of 7 Great Blue Herons migrating like geese high overhead. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=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 =========================================================================