Fort Smallwood Park
Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 30, 2008
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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BV 3 145 460
TV 84 1068 5455
OS 21 302 435
BE 17 34 56
NH 10 107 127
SS 159 1451 1617
CH 23 185 376
NG 0 0 0
RS 0 78 192
BW 41 130 130
RT 18 83 208
RL 1 1 1
GE 0 0 0
AK 2 158 414
ML 4 39 40
PG 3 5 5
UA 0 5 12
UB 0 6 11
UF 0 2 2
UE 0 0 0
UR 0 3 4
Total: 386 3802 9545
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Observation start time: 07:15:00
Observation end time: 17:00:00 EST
Total observation time: 9.75 hours
Official Counter: Hal Wierenga, Sue Ricciardi
Observers: Greg Smith, Hal Wierenga
Weather: Sunny becoming mostly cloudy; another chilly day, 44-58 degrees; good
visibility; winds started out light and northerly, then turned stronger and westerly
Raptor Observations:
A second fine day. A Peregrine Falcon, leisurely circling, suddenly went
on a tear as if in a chase. Finally after crossing the sky it pulled up to
meet another Peregrine and the two of them exchanged pleasantries for a few
minutes. At 2 pm EDT Hal Wierenga spied a dark morph Rough-legged Hawk,
only the fourth Rough-leg seen at the hawkwatch and the first since 1985.
The 17 Bald Eagles, including 2 juveniles, were a daily record.
Non-raptor Observations:
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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 |