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Subject: HSR: Fort Smallwood Park (07 Mar 2009) 159 Raptors

Fort Smallwood Park 
Pasadena, Maryland, USA 

Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 07, 2009 
Species 	Day's Count 	Month Total 	Season Total 
BV 	8 	11 	19 
TV 	133 	301 	390 
OS 	0 	1 	1 
BE 	0 	0 	5 
NH 	0 	0 	1 
SS 	0 	0 	3 
CH 	3 	18 	21 
NG 	0 	0 	0 
RS 	12 	16 	21 
BW 	0 	0 	0 
RT 	2 	3 	11 
RL 	0 	0 	0 
GE 	0 	0 	0 
AK 	1 	1 	1 
ML 	0 	0 	0 
PG 	0 	0 	0 
UA 	0 	0 	0 
UB 	0 	0 	0 
UF 	0 	0 	0 
UE 	0 	0 	0 
UR 	0 	0 	0 
Total: 	159 	351 	473 

Observation start time: 	09:00:00 
Observation end time: 	16:00:00 
Total observation time: 	7 hours 
Official Counter 	Sue Ricciardi 
Observers: 	Bill Hubick, Bob Rineer, Bud Orvis, Cal Orvis, Dan Stewart, Hal Wierenga, Lynn Davidson, Marty Miller 


Visitors: 
Jay McGann; a couple whose names I didn't get, sorry. 

Weather: 
Variable cloudiness, overcast at times; 62-73 degrees; poor visibility with fog/haze; winds W becoming SW then S, 5-13 mph 

Raptor Observations: 
Flight high much of the time with poor visibility making spotting challenging; first migrant kestrel of the season; non-migrant Merlin 

Non-raptor Observations: 
Almost 3100 Red-winged Blackbirds moving north suplemented by about 100 grackles and 400 blackbirds in mixed flocks; 19 Tree Swallows; sizeable movement of Herring Gulls; possible hummingbird; copulating Killdeers 


Report submitted by Sue Ricciardi (  ) 
Fort Smallwood Park information may be found at: http://www.mdbirds.org/sites/mdsites/hawks/hawkwatch.html 

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.

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