Filled in for Sue Ricciardi
Fort Smallwood Park
Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 10, 2004
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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BV 3 50 150
TV 127 1636 3460
OS 7 156 234
BE 0 6 11
NH 5 61 67
SS 43 670 752
CH 11 237 335
NG 0 0 0
RS 9 88 181
BW 3 40 40
RT 7 139 248
RL 0 0 0
GE 0 0 0
AK 12 499 572
ML 0 29 29
PG 0 0 1
UR 0 15 27
Total: 227 3626 6107
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 17:00:00
Total observation time: 9 hours
Official Counter: Kevin Graff (8am-5pm)
Observers: Hal Wierenga, Lynn Davidson, Grey Smith,
Matt Grey
Weather: late morning/early afternoon haze, partly
sunny/partly cloudy on/off all day then to partly
cloudy late afternoon, 48-55 degrees; winds mostly
from the southeast calm to 13 mph
Observations: Slow day due to southeast winds. Busy
hour between 9am-10am with 66 hawks. 6 local Ospreys
and 2 Red-tailed Hawks. Other birds in area, 41 Horned
Grebe, 1 Red-necked Grebe, many scaups of both
species, a lot of Bufflehead, 1 each flyby Caspian
and Forster's Tern, 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 5
Red-throated and 4 Common Loon. **59 species total**
Non-Raptors Migrating: 61 Common Loon, 25
Double-crested Cormorant, 28 Great Blue Heron, 1 Great
Egret, 3 Tundra Swan, 1 Bonaparte's Gull, 2 Northern
Flicker (high flying), 78 Tree Swallow, 2 Northern
Rough-winged Swallow, 3 Barn Swallow, 9 American Pipit
49 Cedar Waxwing, 7 American Goldfinch
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Report submitted by Sue Ricciardi (filled in by Kevin
Graff)
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; RL Rough-legged Hawk; GE Golden
Eagle; AK American Kestrel; ML Merlin; PG Peregrine
Falcon; UA Unidentified Accipiter; UB Unidentified
Buteo; UF Unidentified Falcon; UR Unidentified Raptor
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