Fort Smallwood Park
Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 22, 2007
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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BV 11 54 57
TV 153 1564 1641
OS 7 48 48
BE 4 9 10
NH 2 10 11
SS 22 133 134
CH 23 109 110
NG 0 0 0
RS 21 67 71
BW 0 0 0
RT 14 104 108
RL 0 0 0
GE 0 0 0
AK 8 34 34
ML 0 0 0
PG 0 0 0
UR 6 14 14
Total: 271 2146 2238
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 14:30:00 EST
Total observation time: 6.5 hours
Official Counter: Cal Orvis, Sue Ricciardi
Observers: Cal Orvis, Dan Eberly, Dave Grove, Marty Miller
Visitors:
Dave Powell, Selma, 2
Weather:
Partly cloudy, becoming sunny; 48-73 degrees; winds from the southwest,
6-16 mph, gusting to 26 mph; poor to fair visibility with some fog/haze
Raptor Observations:
Best all-round flight day thus far
Non-raptor Observations:
One Northern Rough-winged Swallow, first of season; 30 Gadwalls on river
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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 |