Fort Smallwood Park
Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 11, 2008
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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BV 10 78 393
TV 94 440 4827
OS 25 103 236
BE 4 5 27
NH 34 37 57
SS 116 178 344
CH 37 58 249
NG 0 0 0
RS 33 43 157
BW 4 4 4
RT 8 19 144
RL 0 0 0
GE 0 0 0
AK 76 107 363
ML 9 16 17
PG 0 0 0
UA 0 1 8
UB 2 2 7
UF 0 0 0
UE 0 0 0
UR 0 0 1
Total: 452 1091 6834
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Observation start time: 07:30:00
Observation end time: 17:00:00 EST
Total observation time: 9.5 hours
Official Counter: Ralph Geuder, Sue Ricciardi
Observers: Hal Wierenga, Lynn Davidson, Ralph Geuder
Visitors: Kye Jenkins
Weather: Fog at start of day diminished, and mostly to partly cloudy skies prevailed
for the rest of the day; 54 to 76 degrees; poor visibility at first became good by end of day;
winds were calm at start, then variable, then southerly.
Raptor Observations: Finally, good skies and winds, and the raptors responded. First Broadwings
of the season; Northern Harriers all day, including 10 adult males; also a good day for accipiters, falcons, and Red-shouldered Hawks.
Non-raptor Observations: 38 Common Loons; 1 Red-throated Loon; 30 Horned Grebes; a few dozen Purple Martins; 4 adult Little Blue Herons; 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
Unidentified Buteo; UF Unidentified Falcon; UR Unidentified Raptor |