Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 13:45:05 +0000 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Carrol Cowan Subject: Re: Fort Smallwood Park 3/26/04 Hi Sue, Pardon my ignorance, but what does "GE" stand for? I don't see it in your abbreviations at the end of the listing. -- Carrol Cowan Washington DC > Fort Smallwood Park > Pasadena, Maryland, USA > Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 26, 2004 > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total > ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- > BV 5 95 99 > TV 151 1712 1793 > OS 7 75 75 > BE 0 3 4 > NH 0 5 5 > SS 25 76 78 > CH 9 94 95 > NG 0 0 0 > RS 8 84 89 > BW 0 0 0 > RT 8 100 108 > RL 0 0 0 > GE 0 0 0 > AK 5 73 73 > ML 0 0 0 > PG 0 1 1 > UR 0 12 12 > > Total: 218 2330 2432 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Observation start time: 08:15:00 > Observation end time: 14:30:00 > Total observation time: 6.25 hours > > Official Counter: Sue Ricciardi > > Observers: Dan Eberly, Jane Geuder, Ralph Geuder > > Weather: > Mostly cloudy, but warmer with temps rising from 52 to 72 > degrees;winds started out as calm, then became SW, and finished as > ESE, ranging over the day from 0 to 9 mph, gusting to 16. > > Observations: > Good flight of non-vultures with Sharpies beginning to become more > numerous. Most of the Ring-billed Gulls have departed in the last few > days. At least 60 Horned Grebes on the water. > > > ====================================================================== > == > 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 > > > > ====================================================================== > = > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > ======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================