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. Fort Smallwood had its best day ever today, 4/16, with a total of 2630 birds! This is nearly double the previous high of 1457 on 4/26/85. The main "culprits" were Broad-winged Hawks which totaled 1897, with 842 coming by in the 11-12 hour, and 712 from 12 to 1. This is an amazing total considering that the previous high of Broad-wings was 574 (on 4/16/95). Perhaps the several days of strong winds with a westerly component pushed Broadies away from the ridges and toward the coast. Then, maybe they were just low enough to see today. Even without the BW's, we would have had a super day with over 700 birds, including 367 Sharpies. This follows another great day of 618 on Wednesday, 4/14. 4/16/99 SEASON TOTAL BV 7 187 TV 66 2655 OS 97 373 BE 9 NH 29 100 SS 367 1511 CH 60 327 NG 1 RS 7 199 BW 1897 2252 RT 17 201 AK 72 722 ML 10 38 UNID 1 17 TOTAL 2630 8592