Fort Smallwood Park
Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 29, 2011
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 7 132 322
Turkey Vulture 21 1633 4805
Osprey 3 248 367
Bald Eagle 1 37 60
Northern Harrier 1 62 65
Sharp-shinned Hawk 28 1503 1552
Cooper's Hawk 4 274 378
Northern Goshawk 0 1 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 139 293
Broad-winged Hawk 4 233 233
Red-tailed Hawk 4 229 289
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 1
American Kestrel 0 148 193
Merlin 0 25 27
Peregrine Falcon 0 2 2
Unknown Accipiter 0 5 8
Unknown Buteo 0 6 9
Unknown Falcon 0 1 2
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 5 6
Swallow-tailed Kite 0 1 1
Total: 73 4684 8614
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Observation start time: 07:15:00
Observation end time: 14:30:00
Total observation time: 7.5 hours
Official Counter: Ralph Geuder, Sue Ricciardi
Observers: Bradley Cernohorsky, Dan Small, Hal Wierenga, John Hoffman,
Ralph Geuder
Visitors:
Stacy Epperson
Weather:
Sunny, quickly becoming mostly cloudy; 59-65 degrees; west winds, at first
light, became very strong 10-20 mph, gusting to 30 mph
Raptor Observations:
A steady but slow trickle of migrants
Non-raptor Observations:
About 40 Bobolinks; Rose-breasted Grosbeak; Scarlet Tanager; Indigo
Bunting; small flocks of warblers, which may have been Yellow-rumps.
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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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