Fort Smallwood Park
Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 08, 2010
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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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. |