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Fort Smallwood Park Hawkwatch 4/15/2006

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Sue Ricciardi

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Sun, 16 Apr 2006 12:28:31 -0400

Fort Smallwood Park
Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 15, 2006
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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
BV                          29             68            244
TV                         120           1017           3408
OS                          18            138            221
BE                           2             11             29
NH                           2             24             53
SS                          78            428            630
CH                           9             94            284
NG                           0              0              0
RS                           6             36            136
BW                          39             62             62
RT                          16             56            174
RL                           0              0              0
GE                           0              0              0
AK                          37            110            224
ML                           2             10             13
PG                           0              0              0
UR                           3             10             23

Total:                     361           2064           5501
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Observation start time: 07:00:00 
Observation end   time: 19:00:00 
Total observation time: 12 hours

Official Counter: Hal Wierenga

Observers:        Cal Orvis, Greg Smith, Kevin Graff, Lynn 
Davidson

Visitors:
Marian Dodson with visitors from Chesapeake Audubon 
Society; John Pangborn; Melody Schultz; Martin Sokolich.


Weather:
65-81 degrees; mostly sunny; westerly winds about 15 mph.

Raptor Observations:
Flight became very high and in the near cloudless skies a 
significant number may have been missed.

Non-raptor Observations:
First Cliff Swallows and Green Heron; a good flight of  swallows, 
Blue Jays, and American Goldfinches.
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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. 

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