Fort Smallwood Park
Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 23, 2010
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 6 190 340
Turkey Vulture 48 1511 3913
Osprey 8 173 281
Bald Eagle 0 46 54
Northern Harrier 0 45 66
Sharp-shinned Hawk 174 882 973
Cooper's Hawk 17 164 310
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 36 131
Broad-winged Hawk 8 317 317
Red-tailed Hawk 2 65 125
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 4 83 125
Merlin 5 29 36
Peregrine Falcon 0 4 4
Unknown Accipiter 1 9 17
Unknown Buteo 0 3 8
Unknown Falcon 0 4 4
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 22 22
Total: 273 3583 6726
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Observation start time: 06:45:00 EST
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 9.25 hours
Official Counter: Bradley Cernohorsky, Sue Ricciardi
Observers: Bradley Cernohorsky, Hal Wierenga, Ralph Geuder
Weather:
Partly cloudy to mostly sunny; 53-69 degrees; good visibility; winds
beginning NNE and light: 7-8 mph, changing to having a northwesterly
component and increasing in intensity, 3-14 mph, gusting to 21 mph
Raptor Observations: Sharp-shinned Hawks were the feature
Non-raptor Observations:
About 800 migrant Blue Jays; several hundred swallows; at least 30 Chimney
Swifts
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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. |