Fort Smallwood Park
Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 15, 2011
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 5 86 101
Turkey Vulture 121 1278 1376
Osprey 1 25 25
Bald Eagle 1 6 6
Northern Harrier 0 0 0
Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 15 15
Cooper's Hawk 1 32 32
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 6 88 88
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0
Red-tailed Hawk 2 21 21
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 1 1
American Kestrel 0 15 15
Merlin 0 0 0
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Accipiter 0 2 2
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
Total: 141 1569 1682
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Observation start time: 08:30:00
Observation end time: 13:15:00
Total observation time: 4.75 hours
Official Counter: Hal Wierenga, Sue Ricciardi
Observers: Dick Adams, Hal Wierenga, John Hoffman, Larry Zoller,
Sue Ricciardi
Weather:
Mostly cloudy becoming overcast; 38-49 degrees; good visibility; winds
changing from ENE 6-7 mph to southeasterly, 9-10 mph gusting to 20 mph
Raptor Observations:
Flight was sandwiched between cloudy early morning skies and the pre-rain
overcast skies of the afternoon
Non-raptor Observations:
38 Tundra Swans; 11 Surf Scoters; 3 Red-breasted Mergansers
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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.
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