Fort Smallwood 3/16 - 3/23 1998

Sue Ricciardi (susie@idsonline.com)
Mon, 23 Mar 1998 22:05:40 -0500


Fort Smallwood is located on the western edge of the
Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Patapsco River,
about 11 miles south of Baltimore, MD.  All numbers
are unofficial.

Fort Smallwood	3/16-3/23  1998

								Yr
	3/16	3/17	3/18	3/19 3/20 3/21  3/22	3/23	Tot
HRS	3	 2	 -	 1	-   1	  7	7.6   113.4 	

BV	 6	 1	 	  	  	  1	 32	140
TV	33	10		 	 	 22	457    1435
OS		  		  	  	  2	  5	 28
BE	 	 3		  	  	  	  4	 45
NH	 	  				  	  3	  8
SS	 3	 		  	  	  1	  5	 59
CH	 2	  		  	  	  	  3	 45
RS	 2	  	  	  	  	 	  7	 92	
RT	 4	 2		  	 	  1	 19	197	
AK	 2	 1		  	  	  4	  8	 63
U						  1	  2	  5

TOT	 52	 17		  0	    0	 32	 545   2117

The bald eagle count is problematic. Due to a large
wintering roost and nesting pairs in the vicinity,
it is unclear how many are migrants, and this number
is likely to be adjusted downward.

Inclement weather has kept raptor numbers low, but
Sunday 3/22 brought hundreds of migrating American Robins,
while Monday 3/23 delivered Eastern Bluebirds and
hundreds of Tree Swallows.

Sue Ricciardi, compiler
susie@idsonline.com