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Fort Smallwood Park 3/25/2007

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Mon, 26 Mar 2007 02:21:57 +0000

Fort Smallwood Park
Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 25, 2007
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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
BV                           8             62             65
TV                         163           1830           1907
OS                          15             65             65
BE                           1             10             11
NH                           1             11             12
SS                          22            161            162
CH                           8            123            124
NG                           0              0              0
RS                           9             76             80
BW                           0              0              0
RT                           5            111            115
RL                           0              0              0
GE                           0              0              0
AK                          11             48             48
ML                           0              0              0
PG                           0              0              0
UR                                         17             17

Total:                     243           2514           2606
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Observation start time: 08:00:00 
Observation end   time: 15:00:00 EST
Total observation time: 7 hours

Official Counter: Lynn Davidson, Sue Ricciardi

Observers:        Bob Rineer, Lynn Davidson, Sue Ricciardi

Visitors:
Jay McGann

Weather:
Mostly sunny; 51-58 degrees; winds from the NNE turning to ESE, 6-14 mph,
gusting to 22 mph; early fog lifted to produce excellent visibility

Raptor Observations:
Nice run of raptors in spite of the usually unfavorable winds

Non-raptor Observations:
A few hundred Tree Swallows; another sighting of American Bittern
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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