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Fort Smallwood Park Thursday, May 24, 2012

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Sue Ricciardi

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Fri, 25 May 2012 02:37:27 +0000

Fort Smallwood Park
Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: May 24, 2012
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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
Black Vulture                0             47            379
Turkey Vulture               7            519           3768
Osprey                      10             54            387
Bald Eagle                   4             60            116
Northern Harrier             0              9             74
Sharp-shinned Hawk           0            200           1318
Cooper's Hawk                0             44            368
Northern Goshawk             0              0              0
Red-shouldered Hawk          0              0             89
Broad-winged Hawk            0            186            354
Red-tailed Hawk              0             14            153
Rough-legged Hawk            0              0              0
Golden Eagle                 0              0              1
American Kestrel             0              4            274
Merlin                       0              4             47
Peregrine Falcon             0              1              4
Unknown Accipiter            0              0             11
Unknown Buteo                0              1              3
Unknown Falcon               0              0              3
Unknown Eagle                0              0              1
Unknown Raptor               0              1             17

Total:                      21           1144           7367
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Observation start time: 08:15:00 
Observation end   time: 14:00:00 
Total observation time: 5.75 hours

Official Counter:        Hal Wierenga, Sue Ricciardi

Observers:        Dan Stewart, Hal Wierenga, Ralph Geuder

Weather:
Partly cloudy; 73-80 degrees; poor to fair visibility with haze; winds
starting out calm and finishing from the ESE, 0-13 mph, gusting to 21 mph

Raptor Observations:
Some movement today after the rainy weather of the past few days

Non-raptor Observations:
eBird list:  http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S10834888
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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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