Fort Smallwood Park
Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 16, 2012
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 3 163 298
Turkey Vulture 30 1116 3107
Osprey 11 180 277
Bald Eagle 1 27 38
Northern Harrier 4 42 58
Sharp-shinned Hawk 50 630 733
Cooper's Hawk 11 127 250
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 14 89
Broad-winged Hawk 4 135 135
Red-tailed Hawk 1 43 117
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 1
American Kestrel 2 170 264
Merlin 2 30 33
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Accipiter 1 4 8
Unknown Buteo 1 2 2
Unknown Falcon 0 2 3
Unknown Eagle 0 1 1
Unknown Raptor 1 14 16
Total: 122 2700 5430
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Observation start time: 07:30:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 7.5 hours
Official Counter: Sue Ricciardi
Observers: Bob Rineer, Jim Stasz, John Pangborn, Roger Starsonek
Weather:
Partly cloudy becoming mostly sunny; 67-88 degrees; fair visibility with
haze; winds light most of the day with a southwesterly component. By the
time the winds picked up, it was late afternoon.
Raptor Observations:
Another day of hard work locating migrants with observers stymied by haze,
light winds, warm temperatures lifting the birds high, and then cloudless
skies.
Non-raptor Observations:
478 migrant Blue Jays; new arrivals: Spotted Sandpiper, White-eyed Vireo,
Great Crested Flycatcher, and a Prarie Warbler that Bill Hubick found after
the count was finished.
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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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