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Fort Smallwood Park Monday, April 4, 2011

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Sue Ricciardi

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Tue, 5 Apr 2011 03:44:08 +0000

Fort Smallwood Park
Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 04, 2011
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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
Black Vulture               38             50            240
Turkey Vulture             250            502           3674
Osprey                      21             41            160
Bald Eagle                   2              4             27
Northern Harrier            13             18             21
Sharp-shinned Hawk          40            108            157
Cooper's Hawk               38             71            175
Northern Goshawk             1              1              1
Red-shouldered Hawk         39             58            212
Broad-winged Hawk            6              6              6
Red-tailed Hawk             33             50            110
Rough-legged Hawk            0              0              0
Golden Eagle                 0              0              1
American Kestrel            39             64            109
Merlin                       5              7              9
Peregrine Falcon             0              0              0
Unknown Accipiter            3              3              6
Unknown Buteo                0              0              3
Unknown Falcon               1              1              2
Unknown Eagle                0              0              0
Unknown Raptor               2              3              4

Total:                     531            987           4917
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Observation start time: 08:00:00 
Observation end   time: 16:30:00 
Total observation time: 8.5 hours

Official Counter:        Sue Ricciardi

Observers:        Bill Hubick, Dan Eberly, Dan Haas, Dan Stewart,
                  Dave Mozurkewich, Ed Carlson, Hal Wierenga, Jackie Cooper,
                  Matt Hafner

Visitors:
Steve Whitcomb, Jim Gibson


Weather:
Mostly cloudy becoming partly cloudy; 51-86 degrees; good to excellent
visibility; winds started out light, 0-3 mph and then became very strong,
mostly from the SSW, 14-20 mph, gusting to 33 mph

Raptor Observations:
Excellent all-around flight today with 13 species of raptors and
significant numbers of most.  First Broad-winged Hawks of the season (6)
and an immature Northern Goshawk.  Raptors were all over the sky and many
got very high as the temperature rose.  The high birds passed by quickly,
apparently aided by a strong tail wind.  We surmised that a sizeable number
could have been missed after we observed several higher birds only after
spotting lower ones.  Our crew of good observers worked hard today.

Non-raptor Observations:
First of the season species:  Snowy Egret, Little Blue Heron, Chimney
Swift.  First Caspian Tern was seen yesterday, another today.  Also
observed: Northern Gannet (2), Palm Warbler (3), Common Loon (13) 
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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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