Fort Smallwood Park
Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: May 26, 2011
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 1 39 364
Turkey Vulture 28 509 5378
Osprey 4 60 435
Bald Eagle 3 47 110
Northern Harrier 1 11 76
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 47 1622
Cooper's Hawk 1 25 406
Northern Goshawk 0 0 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 2 295
Broad-winged Hawk 5 62 296
Red-tailed Hawk 1 29 323
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 1
American Kestrel 0 0 193
Merlin 0 11 38
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 2
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 8
Unknown Buteo 0 1 10
Unknown Falcon 0 1 3
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 1 7
Mississippi Kite 5 13 14
Swallow-tailed Kite 0 0 1
Total: 49 858 9583
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Observation start time: 08:15:00 EST
Observation end time: 14:30:00 EST
Total observation time: 6.25 hours
Official Counter: Sue Ricciardi
Observers: Hal Wierenga, Jackie Cooper, John Hoffman
Visitors:
Leslie Starr; Joe Turner
Weather:
Partly cloudy; 78-91 degrees; poor to fair visibility with haze; winds
mostly with a southerly component, 3-9 mph
Raptor Observations:
Five Mississippi Kites, one unaged at 10:52 am daylight time and four
together at 2:27 pm: one adult, one subadult, two unaged. The old record
of 11 Mississippi Kites in one season (2001) was broken today as our total
now stands at 14. Four Mississippi Kites flying together in one group is
unprecedented, although on May 23, 2001, five were observed flying by in
quick succession. The daily record is six on that same date. One of the
Bald Eagles was a juvenile.
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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