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Fort Smallwood Park 3/22/2007

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Fri, 23 Mar 2007 01:15:33 +0000

Fort Smallwood Park
Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 22, 2007
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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
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