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Fort Smallwood Park (13 May 2010, Thursday) 8 Raptors

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Sue Ricciardi

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Fri, 14 May 2010 02:44:57 +0000

Fort Smallwood Park
Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: May 13, 2010
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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
Black Vulture                0             28            400
Turkey Vulture               0            368           4592
Osprey                       1             39            388
Bald Eagle                   0             21            106
Northern Harrier             0             10             89
Sharp-shinned Hawk           3            304           2893
Cooper's Hawk                4             65            506
Northern Goshawk             0              0              0
Red-shouldered Hawk          0              0            131
Broad-winged Hawk            0             73            563
Red-tailed Hawk              0             10            140
Rough-legged Hawk            0              0              0
Golden Eagle                 0              0              0
American Kestrel             0              1            146
Merlin                       0              6             75
Peregrine Falcon             0              3             10
Unknown Accipiter            0              4             22
Unknown Buteo                0              1             10
Unknown Falcon               0              0              4
Unknown Eagle                0              0              0
Unknown Raptor               0              3             26
Mississippi Kite             0              2              2

Total:                       8            938          10103
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Observation start time: 08:15:00 
Observation end   time: 14:00:00 
Total observation time: 5.75 hours

Official Counter:        Sue Ricciardi

Observers:        Bradley Cernohorsky

Weather:
Cloudy except for a brief partly cloudy period in the afternoon; 53-59
degrees; fair to good visibility; winds light and variable with an easterly
component

Raptor Observations:
A Cooper's Hawk with a stub of a tail was chased out of town by a resident
Cooper's

Non-raptor Observations:
Least Sandpiper, 2; Semipalmated Sandpiper, 1; Blackburnian Warbler; Cedar
Waxwing, 88
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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.