Fort Smallwood Park
Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 06, 2006
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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BV 7 22 198
TV 218 651 3042
OS 13 40 123
BE 2 5 23
NH 1 15 44
SS 31 164 366
CH 18 53 243
NG 0 0 0
RS 7 11 111
BW 7 7 7
RT 13 22 140
RL 0 0 0
GE 0 0 0
AK 8 58 172
ML 1 4 7
PG 0 0 0
UR 3 5 18
Total: 329 1057 4494
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Observation start time: 07:30:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 7.5 hours
Official Counter: Sue Ricciardi
Observers: Dan Eberly, Hal Wierenga
Visitors:
John, 3.
Weather:
47-62 degrees; partly cloudy; good visibility; winds westerly 5-14 mph.
Raptor Observations:
First Broadwings of the season; good all-around day with 12 species.
Non-raptor Observations:
Near a thousand Tree Swallows, maybe a hundred Northern Rough-winged
Swallows, and a few Barn Swallows and Purple Martins; 15 migrant Common
Loons; a pair of American Wigeons; Snowy Egret; about 15 Bonaparte's
Gulls; Red-headed Woodpecker; 13 Orange Sulphur Butterflies heading north.
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Report submitted by Sue Ricciardi ()
Site Description:
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.
Directions to site:
For directions and more info, go to www.mdbirds.org. Choose Birding Sites,
Maryland, Hawks.
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 |