Fort Smallwood Park
Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 09, 2008
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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BV 0 58 373
TV 20 301 4688
OS 8 37 170
BE 0 0 22
NH 1 1 21
SS 1 42 208
CH 2 18 209
NG 0 0 0
RS 0 8 122
BW 0 0 0
RT 0 10 135
RL 0 0 0
GE 0 0 0
AK 3 21 277
ML 2 4 5
PG 0 0 0
UA 0 1 8
UB 0 0 5
UF 0 0 0
UE 0 0 0
UR 0 0 1
Total: 37 501 6244
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Observation start time: 10:30:00
Observation end time: 14:30:00 EST
Total observation time: 4 hours
Official Counter: Dan Stewart, Sue Ricciardi
Observers: Dan Stewart
Weather: Overcast with fog becoming partly cloudy; 46-60 degrees; poor visibility
becoming fair; winds calm becoming northeasterly, 0-8 mph
Raptor Observations: Birds started flying before the fog lifted, maybe in a hurry after being
stalled by two days of bad weather.
Non-raptor Observations: 7 Greater Yellowlegs, 9 Common Loons, 5 Caspian Terns
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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. The Park is closed to visitors on Wednesdays.
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 |