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Fort Smallwood Park Saturday, May 26, 2012

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Sue Ricciardi

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Sun, 27 May 2012 01:41:37 +0000

Fort Smallwood Park
Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: May 26, 2012
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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
Black Vulture                4             51            383
Turkey Vulture              16            544           3793
Osprey                       7             61            394
Bald Eagle                   3             63            119
Northern Harrier             0              9             74
Sharp-shinned Hawk           0            200           1318
Cooper's Hawk                1             45            369
Northern Goshawk             0              0              0
Red-shouldered Hawk          0              0             89
Broad-winged Hawk            0            188            356
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
Mississippi Kite             0              1              1

Total:                      31           1187           7410
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Observation start time: 08:30:00 
Observation end   time: 14:30:00 Eastern Standard Time
Total observation time: 6 hours

Official Counter:        Sue Ricciardi

Observers:        Bill Hubick, Dan Haas

Visitors:
Jim Moore


Weather:
Mostly sunny; 74-88 degrees; fair visibility improved over the course of
the day to good to excellent; winds light with either southerly or westerly
components or both, 5-8 mph

Raptor Observations:
Perhaps the favorable winds brought this small flight.  All 3 eagles were
juveniles.

Non-raptor Observations:
Willow Flycatcher; Least Bittern
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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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