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Fort Smallwood Park 4/4/2005

From:

Sue Ricciardi

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Sue Ricciardi

Date:

Mon, 4 Apr 2005 22:07:18 -0400

Fort Smallwood Park
Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 04, 2005
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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
BV                          23             35            127
TV                         542            988           3430
OS                          21             41            142
BE                           1              4             16
NH                          13             19             29
SS                         212            247            298
CH                          91            115            197
NG                           1              1              2
RS                          16             36             90
BW                           1              1              1
RT                          50             53            130
RL                           0              0              0
GE                           0              0              0
AK                          87            131            217
ML                           5              5              8
PG                           1              2              2
UR                           2              3              7

Total:                    1066           1681           4696
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Observation start time: 07:00:00 EST
Observation end   time: 16:30:00 
Total observation time: 9.5 hours

Official Counter: Matt Grey, Sue Ricciardi

Observers:        Greg Smith, Hal Wierenga, Jane Geuder, Marty Miller,
                  Matt Grey, Ralph Geuder, Sue Ricciardi

Visitors:
Greg's new hawk watching chair.


Weather:
46-63 degrees; sunny; strong winds mostly out of the west, 7-25 mph,
gusting to 37 mph.

Observations:
Second 1000+ raptor day, 5 days after the first.  First Broad-winged Hawk
of the season.  Record early Sharpie flight.  Fourteen species. Finally
some good weather for hawks and they took advantage of it big time.  Sky
was almost never without migrants.  Except for Red-Shoulders and
Red-tails, which are still at abysmally low numbers, most species now are
at or above average for this date.

Thousands of Tree Swallows; hundreds of Rough-winged  and Barn Swallows; a few Purple Martins.  Two Blue-Gray Gnatcatchers; 23 Common Loons; Caspian Tern
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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; SK Swallow-tailed Kite; 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