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Fort Smallwood Park Wednesday, April 4, 2012

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Sue Ricciardi

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Thu, 5 Apr 2012 03:01:21 +0000

Fort Smallwood Park
Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 04, 2012
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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
Black Vulture                8             35            169
Turkey Vulture              21            327           2319
Osprey                       3             61            158
Bald Eagle                   1              7             18
Northern Harrier             1              9             25
Sharp-shinned Hawk          10             26            129
Cooper's Hawk                3             22            145
Northern Goshawk             0              0              0
Red-shouldered Hawk          1              4             79
Broad-winged Hawk            0              4              4
Red-tailed Hawk              0             13             87
Rough-legged Hawk            0              0              0
Golden Eagle                 0              0              1
American Kestrel            16             52            146
Merlin                       3              9             12
Peregrine Falcon             0              0              0
Unknown Accipiter            0              0              4
Unknown Buteo                0              0              0
Unknown Falcon               0              0              1
Unknown Eagle                0              0              0
Unknown Raptor               0              0              2

Total:                      67            569           3299
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Observation start time: 08:30:00 
Observation end   time: 14:30:00 Eastern Standard Time
Total observation time: 6 hours

Official Counter:        Sue Ricciardi

Observers:        Hal Wierenga

Weather:
Mostly cloudy; 61-73 degrees; good visibility; winds northwesterly, 3-16
mph, increasing over the course of the day

Raptor Observations:


Non-raptor Observations:
55 Common Loons (7 flying north, 48 on river); Sora continues to call;
Pileated Woodpecker.  There was a huge northward movement of some kind of
large fly along with some beetles and large bees.  So many were coming by
that at times there was a drone of noise from the flight.  I counted the
number just coming right toward me as I sat in my chair in 4 one-minute
intervals.  The average number of individuals per minute was about 80. 
That means about 19,200 in the four hours that I was aware of the flight. 
I have no idea how broad the passage was.
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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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