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Fort Smallwood Park Sunday, April 15, 2012

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Sue Ricciardi

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Mon, 16 Apr 2012 02:24:51 +0000

Fort Smallwood Park
Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 15, 2012
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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
Black Vulture                7            160            295
Turkey Vulture             109           1086           3077
Osprey                       3            169            266
Bald Eagle                   2             26             37
Northern Harrier             4             38             54
Sharp-shinned Hawk          55            580            683
Cooper's Hawk                9            116            239
Northern Goshawk             0              0              0
Red-shouldered Hawk          1             14             89
Broad-winged Hawk           19            131            131
Red-tailed Hawk              2             42            116
Rough-legged Hawk            0              0              0
Golden Eagle                 0              0              1
American Kestrel             2            168            262
Merlin                       1             28             31
Peregrine Falcon             0              0              0
Unknown Accipiter            3              3              7
Unknown Buteo                1              1              1
Unknown Falcon               0              2              3
Unknown Eagle                0              1              1
Unknown Raptor              13             13             15

Total:                     231           2578           5308
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Observation start time: 06:30:00 
Observation end   time: 14:30:00 
Total observation time: 8 hours

Official Counter:        Bill Hubick, Sue Ricciardi

Observers:        Bill Hubick, Dave Mozurkewich, Lynette Fullerton,
                  Steve Whitcomb

Visitors:
Mac Plant


Weather:
Mostly cloudy becoming partly cloudy with haze; 59-84 degrees; haze
hampered visibility; winds calm for several hours, then from the SW or WSW,
increasing from 6 to 16 mph.

Raptor Observations:
A good flight, but many birds were very high or hard to pick out in the
haze, resulting in a significant number of unidentifed raptors and probably
many that were missed.

Non-raptor Observations:
At least 79 total bird species today, including 7 Little Blue Herons, 1
Cattle Egret, 1 Green Heron, 2 Soras (calling), 2 Laughing Gulls, 1 each
Caspian and Royal Terns, 1 Eastern Kingbird, 1 Black-and-white Warbler, 2
Yellow-rumped Warblers, 1 migrant Eastern Meadowlark.  Butterflies included
Mourning Cloak, Monarch, anglewing sp, Orange Sulphur, Cabbage White, Pearl
Crescent, Red Admiral, Falcate Orangetip, Black Swallowtail, Eastern Tiger
Swallowtail, lady sp, Eastern Tailed Blue
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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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