Fort Smallwood Park
Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: May 27, 2004
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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BV 0 5 172
TV 3 410 4584
OS 2 77 562
BE 1 20 50
NH 0 12 188
SS 0 146 2255
CH 0 41 674
NG 0 0 0
RS 0 0 196
BW 6 157 461
RT 0 11 351
RL 0 0 0
GE 0 0 0
AK 0 2 717
ML 0 8 106
PG 0 1 3
UR 0 5 55
MK 0 7 7
Total: 12 902 10381
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Observation start time: 10:00:00
Observation end time: 43:00:00
Total observation time: 4 hours
Official Counter: Sue Ricciardi
Observers:
Weather:
Partly to mostly cloudy; 74-77 degrees; light westerly winds.
Observations:
Two Franklin's Gulls - Two gulls with black hoods and slate gray backs were flying over the pond. I expected that they were going to be Laughing Gulls, but then I saw that one of the birds had a white bar on the primaries with black and white tips. Also, it was very white-looking underneath. The second bird was the same size, but had less white on the primaries. I'm assuming it was also a Franklin's Gull.
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Report submitted by Sue Ricciardi ()
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 |