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Sue Ricciardi <> wrote:
>Fort Smallwood Park
>Pasadena, Maryland, USA
>Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 16, 2012
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>
>Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
>------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
>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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