Fort Smallwood Park
Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 14, 2007
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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BV 3 11 14
TV 124 726 803
OS 4 11 11
BE 0 3 4
NH 1 4 5
SS 12 55 56
CH 15 30 31
NG 0 0 0
RS 3 37 41
BW 0 0 0
RT 9 29 33
RL 0 0 0
GE 0 0 0
AK 0 5 5
ML 0 0 0
PG 0 0 0
UR 4 4
Total: 171 915 1007
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Observation start time: 08:15:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00 Eastern Standard Time
Total observation time: 5.75 hours
Official Counter: Sue Ricciardi
Observers: Dan Eberly
Weather:
Partly to mostly cloudy; 51-81 degrees; winds starting out calm, then
becoming southwest and increasing in speed, 6-13 mph, gusting to 21 mph;
poor to fair visibility with fog.
Raptor Observations:
A nice flight after the winds picked up, with good variety in species
Non-raptor Observations:
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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
http://www.mdbirds.org/sites/mdsites/hawks/hawkwatch.html
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 |