Fort Smallwood Park
Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 25, 2011
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 26 167 182
Turkey Vulture 406 2596 2694
Osprey 23 78 78
Bald Eagle 4 17 17
Northern Harrier 0 2 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 41 41
Cooper's Hawk 1 93 93
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 4 145 145
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0
Red-tailed Hawk 3 53 53
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 1 1
American Kestrel 4 32 32
Merlin 0 2 2
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Accipiter 0 3 3
Unknown Buteo 0 3 3
Unknown Falcon 0 1 1
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 1 1
Total: 472 3235 3348
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Observation start time: 08:15:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 7.75 hours
Official Counter: Sue Ricciardi
Observers: Dick Adams, Hal Wierenga, Larry Zoller
Weather:
Partly cloudy becoming mostly cloudy in the last two hours; 33-45 degrees;
good visibility; winds mostly northwesterly, 5-12 mph, gusting to 20 mph
Raptor Observations:
Steady flight of vultures all day; two Bald Eagles mixing it up; 10 Ospreys
in the last hour, 4-5 pm daylight time
Non-raptor Observations:
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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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