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Date: 3/7/25 7:09 pm From: 'SUE RICCIARDI' via Maryland & DC Birding <mdbirding...> Subject: [MDBirding] Fort Smallwood Park (07 Mar 2025) 87 Raptors
Fort Smallwood Park Pasadena, Maryland, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 07, 2025 Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total Black Vulture 5 10 12 Turkey Vulture 79 482 630 Osprey 1 2 2 Bald Eagle 1 8 10 Northern Harrier 0 0 0 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 3 3 Cooper's Hawk 0 7 7 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 6 10 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 0 4 16 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 1 3 3 Merlin 0 0 0 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Accipitrine 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Total: 87 525 693 Observation start time: 8:30 am Observation end time: 1:30 pm Total observation time: 5 hours Official Counter Chris Reed, Sue Ricciardi Observers: Chris Reed, Fred Shaffer, Sue Ricciardi Weather: Sunny skies; 38-51 degrees; good to excellent visibility Raptor Observations: Second Osprey of the season and third American Kestrel. Another day of an abundance of Bald Eagles, although only one migrant. Non-raptor Observations: Long-tailed Duck ----------------------------------------------------------------- Report submitted by Sue Ricciardi (<susiericc...>) More information at hawkcount.org: [Site Profile] [Day Summary] [Month Summary] ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Group 'Maryland & DC Birding'. To view group guidelines or change email preferences, visit this group on the web at http://www.mdbirding.com Unfamiliar with a hotspot mentioned on this list? Quickly locate it here - http://www.mdbirding.com/hotspot.html --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maryland & DC Birding" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to mdbirding+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mdbirding/<1838862983.2396186.1741403336809...>

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