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Fort Smallwood Park (23 Apr 2010, Friday) 273 Raptors

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Sue Ricciardi

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Sat, 24 Apr 2010 02:40:58 +0000

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.