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Re: Fort Smallwood Park Monday, April 16, 2012

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Jim Stasz

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Jim Stasz

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Tue, 17 Apr 2012 07:46:40 -0400

Dfc.   

Sue Ricciardi <> wrote:

>Fort Smallwood Park
>Pasadena, Maryland, USA
>Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 16, 2012
>-------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>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
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>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.
>========================================================================
>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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