Fort Smallwood is located on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Patapsco River, about 11 miles south of Baltimore, MD. All numbers are unofficial. SEASON 3/16 3/17 3/18 3/19 3/20 3/21 TOTAL BV 65 72 TV 73 330 263 34 169 1014 OS 1 1 4 7 BE 1 NH 1 1 4 SS 3 10 41 23 15 94 CH 2 22 8 1 22 60 RS 7 47 2 18 84 RT 13 63 3 5 100 AK 1 61 3 1 68 UNID 2 3 TOTAL 98 474 370 61 302 0 1507 A grand week with good weather and mostly favorable winds, except for 3/21's rain. The 65 Black Vultures that tried to speck by smashed the previous daily record of 32 (1998), and the 61 Kestrels on 3/18 is a great number this early in March. Amazingly, after such a slow start, we're now ahead of last year's pace by about 80 birds. Sue Ricciardi, compiler susie@idsonline.com