Fort Smallwood Park
Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 23, 2012
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 101 101
Turkey Vulture 475 1486 1506
Osprey 11 49 50
Bald Eagle 1 7 7
Northern Harrier 0 6 6
Sharp-shinned Hawk 34 59 59
Cooper's Hawk 41 91 91
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 25 69 70
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0
Red-tailed Hawk 13 56 57
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 1 1
American Kestrel 8 23 23
Merlin 0 1 1
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Accipiter 0 4 4
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 2 2
Total: 608 1955 1978
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Observation start time: 08:30:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 6.5 hours
Official Counter: Bob Rineer, Sue Ricciardi
Observers: Bob Rineer
Weather:
Fog lifting at the start with remnants of it throughout the day. Otherwise,
about 50% cloud cover. Warmed up to 80 degrees. Poor to fair visibility.
Winds calm at the start becoming easterly 0-12 mph
Raptor Observations:
A very nice flight today even though the fog/haze made it difficult to ID
distant birds.
Non-raptor Observations:Least Skipper butterfly
Predictions:
Showers are predicted. It is rare for a hawkwatcher to pray for rain, but
after five days of fog, I'm on my knees.
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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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