Fort Smallwood Park
Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 11, 2012
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 47 47
Turkey Vulture 41 270 290
Osprey 3 9 10
Bald Eagle 2 5 5
Northern Harrier 0 0 0
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 2 2
Cooper's Hawk 0 3 3
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 18 19
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0
Red-tailed Hawk 4 22 23
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 1 1
American Kestrel 0 2 2
Merlin 0 0 0
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Accipiter 0 1 1
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 1 1
Total: 51 381 404
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Observation start time: 08:30:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 6.5 hours
Official Counter: Sue Ricciardi
Observers: Andy Smith, Bill Hubick
Weather:
Sunny; 37-61 degrees; good to excellent visibility; winds southwesterly
increasing in velocity over the course of the day, 3-13 mph, gusting to 21
mph, becoming variable in the last hour.
Raptor Observations:
Several sightings of Bald Eagles with one tangling with an Osprey. One of
the migrant eagles was a juvenile, likely a dispersing Florida-born bird.
Small fish swimming near the surface of the pond have been attracting
gulls, but also an eagle which twice came down to the water's surface to
snag a snack.
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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