Fort Smallwood Park
Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 09, 2009
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 4 33 183
Turkey Vulture 109 760 4893
Osprey 13 101 276
Bald Eagle 0 6 54
Northern Harrier 1 11 48
Sharp-shinned Hawk 21 148 249
Cooper's Hawk 4 59 258
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 16 234
Broad-winged Hawk 2 5 5
Red-tailed Hawk 10 43 211
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 2 49 185
Merlin 2 3 5
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 2
Unknown Accipiter 0 2 11
Unknown Buteo 0 8 18
Unknown Falcon 0 3 4
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 1 5 11
Total: 169 1252 6647
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Observation start time: 06:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 9 hours
Official Counter: Kevin Graff, Sue Ricciardi
Observers: Cal Orvis, Dan Stewart, Ed Carlson, Hal Wierenga,
John Hoffman, Kevin Graff
Visitors:
Linda and Bill Miller, Jackie Cooper, Nancy O'Hara, Joe Weiblen, Meg
Weather:
Sunny, becoming partly cloudy; 33-60 degrees; good to excellent visibility;
winds calm at first then mostly out of the WNW, 0-10 mph, gusting to 22 mph
Raptor Observations:
An adult non-migrant Peregrine Falcon, low and close, part of a 3-falcon
day; 5 Bald Eagles in the sky at once
Non-raptor Observations:
20 Common Loons; a Great Horned Owl flew across the back side of the pond
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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. |