Fort Smallwood Park
Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 28, 2012
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 2 127 127
Turkey Vulture 26 1786 1806
Osprey 7 75 76
Bald Eagle 2 10 10
Northern Harrier 0 10 10
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 76 76
Cooper's Hawk 3 100 100
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 74 75
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0
Red-tailed Hawk 14 73 74
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 1 1
American Kestrel 3 52 52
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: 61 2391 2414
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 13:00:00
Total observation time: 5 hours
Official Counter: Sue Ricciardi
Observers: Hal Wierenga
Weather:
Partly cloudy becoming mostly cloudy as storm clouds approached; 52-68
degrees; excellent visibility; winds from the southwest, 8-15 mph, gusting
to 23 mph
Raptor Observations:
Seemed like more hawks would be flying on favorable southwest winds;
perhaps only the Red-tails got the word. A calling Osprey led to a show of
a pair of adult Bald Eagles convincing the Osprey to relinquish its fish.
Non-raptor Observations:
Migrant Common Loons 9; first Barn Swallow of the season
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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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