Fort Smallwood Park
Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: May 09, 2009
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 2 2 264
Turkey Vulture 65 105 6300
Osprey 2 32 500
Bald Eagle 0 9 81
Northern Harrier 0 6 94
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 113 1267
Cooper's Hawk 1 9 408
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 245
Broad-winged Hawk 28 105 1486
Red-tailed Hawk 2 9 289
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 1
American Kestrel 1 1 302
Merlin 0 5 63
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 3
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 17
Unknown Buteo 0 0 22
Unknown Falcon 0 0 7
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 19
Mississippi Kite 1 1 2
Total: 102 397 11370
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Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 18:45:00 EST
Total observation time: 9.75 hours
Official Counter: Sue Ricciardi
Observers: Ed Carlson, Jim Stasz
Visitors: Stacy Epperson
Weather:
Partly to mostly cloudy; 73-84 degrees; good visibility; winds mostly
strong and southwesterly, 6-22 mph, gusting to 24 mph
Raptor Observations:
Second Mississippi Kite of the season, age unknown, 4:15 pm
Non-raptor Observations:
100 species observed in Weinberg and Fort Smallwood Parks during the May
Count today; from about 6-7:45 pm in advance of the cold front, 86 Common
Nighthawks, 165 Bobolinks, and 530 Cedar Waxwings counted
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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. |