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Fort Smallwood Park (08 Apr 2010, Thursday) 280 Raptors

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Sue Ricciardi

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Fri, 9 Apr 2010 03:21:07 +0000

Fort Smallwood Park
Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 08, 2010
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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
Black Vulture               22             87            237
Turkey Vulture             178            900           3302
Osprey                      13             75            183
Bald Eagle                   3             13             21
Northern Harrier             5             27             48
Sharp-shinned Hawk          15            124            215
Cooper's Hawk                8             61            207
Northern Goshawk             0              0              0
Red-shouldered Hawk          1             31            126
Broad-winged Hawk            9             15             15
Red-tailed Hawk             10             42            102
Rough-legged Hawk            0              0              0
Golden Eagle                 0              0              0
American Kestrel             4             35             77
Merlin                       1              3             10
Peregrine Falcon             0              2              2
Unknown Accipiter            1              4             12
Unknown Buteo                1              2              7
Unknown Falcon               2              2              2
Unknown Eagle                0              0              0
Unknown Raptor               7             14             14

Total:                     280           1437           4580
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Observation start time: 06:30:00 EST
Observation end   time: 16:45:00 
Total observation time: 10.25 hours

Official Counter:        Bradley Cernohorsky, Marty Miller, Sue Ricciardi

Observers:        Bradley Cernohorsky, Ed Carlson, Jim Stasz, Larry Zoller,
                  Marty Miller, Ralph Geuder, Sue Ricciardi

Visitors: Dick Adams, John DeFoe


Weather:
Partly cloudy becoming mostly cloudy; 69-84 degrees; fair visibility with
haze; winds strong southwesterly, 8-18 mph, gusting to 29 mph

Raptor Observations:
Raptors again getting very high today and speeding by with the strong tail
winds

Non-raptor Observations:
Veery
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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.