Date: 3/6/25 1:51 pm From: 'SUE RICCIARDI' via Maryland & DC Birding <mdbirding...> Subject: [MDBirding] Fort Smallwood Park (06 Mar 2025) 42 Raptors
Fort Smallwood Park Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 06, 2025
Species
Day's Count
Month Total
Season Total
Black Vulture
2
5
7
Turkey Vulture
36
403
551
Osprey
1
1
1
Bald Eagle
1
7
9
Northern Harrier
0
0
0
Sharp-shinned Hawk
1
3
3
Cooper's Hawk
1
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
0
2
2
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:
42
438
606
Observation start time:
8:45 am
Observation end time:
2:00 pm
Total observation time:
5.25 hours
Official Counter
Chris Reed, Sue Ricciardi
Observers:
Chris Reed, Dan Walker
Visitors: Steve Steimel
Weather: Near complete cloud cover; 43-45 degrees; good to excellent visibility; winds very strong out of the W or WNW, 16-26 mph gusting to 33 mph
Raptor Observations: Our first Osprey of the season! Multiple Bald eagles in the air most of the day plus one sitting on the pond edge and one sitting on the beaver lodge. An adult Cooper's Hawk, which seems to be hanging around, flew in and sat on the ground about 30 feet away from us, apparently eyeing the sparrows and cardinals which had been foraging nearby. Much to our delight, it stayed several minutes.
Non-raptor Observations: Four female Ring-necked Ducks on the pond
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.
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