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Fort Smallwood Park Sunday, March 8, 2009

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Sue Ricciardi

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Mon, 9 Mar 2009 00:46:48 +0000

Fort Smallwood Park 
Pasadena, Maryland, USA 
Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 08, 2009 
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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total 
------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- 
Black Vulture               11             22             30 
Turkey Vulture             406            707            796 
Osprey                       2              3              3 
Bald Eagle                   0              0              5 
Northern Harrier             0              0              1 
Sharp-shinned Hawk           1              1              4 
Cooper's Hawk               10             28             31 
Northern Goshawk             0              0              0 
Red-shouldered Hawk         24             40             45 
Broad-winged Hawk            0              0              0 
Red-tailed Hawk             13             16             24 
Rough-legged Hawk            0              0              0 
Golden Eagle                 0              0              0 
American Kestrel             0              1              1 
Merlin                       0              0              0 
Peregrine Falcon             0              0              0 
Unknown Accipiter            2              2              2 
Unknown Buteo                0              0              0 
Unknown Falcon               0              0              0 
Unknown Eagle                0              0              0 
Unknown Raptor               0              0              0 

Total:                     469            820            942 
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Observation start time: 08:45:00 
Observation end   time: 15:30:00 
Total observation time: 6.75 hours 

Official Counter:        Sue Ricciardi 

Observers:        Dan Eberly, Dan Stewart 

Visitors: 
Brad Cernohorsky and Andrea; Sarah and Chuck Wendell; Wendy and Tom; 
Christine Stevens 


Weather: 
Overcast, sometimes partly sunny; 64-76 degrees; visibility poor to fair 
with haze; winds southwesterly, 3-10 mph 

Raptor Observations: 
Strong flight on continuing southwesterly winds; record number of Turkey 
Vultures in a day this early in the season 

Non-raptor Observations: 
More Red-winged Blackbirds, Common Grackles, and Herring Gulls moving 
north; 6 Horned Grebes; 1 Red-throated Loon; Ranger Matthew Grey observes 
crows dislodge a Great Horned Owl in the early afternoon.  Lots of turtles 
basking again today; 2 calling Southern Leopard Frogs; 1 Mourning Cloak 
butterfly 
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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.