Date: 3/10/25 7:19 pm From: 'SUE RICCIARDI' via Maryland & DC Birding <mdbirding...> Subject: [MDBirding] Fort Smallwood Park (10 Mar 2025) 68 Raptors
Fort Smallwood Park Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 10, 2025
Species
Day's Count
Month Total
Season Total
Black Vulture
3
25
27
Turkey Vulture
53
735
883
Osprey
0
3
3
Bald Eagle
2
11
13
Northern Harrier
0
0
0
Sharp-shinned Hawk
1
4
4
Cooper's Hawk
1
9
9
American Goshawk
0
0
0
Red-shouldered Hawk
7
19
23
Broad-winged Hawk
0
0
0
Red-tailed Hawk
1
7
19
Rough-legged Hawk
0
0
0
Golden Eagle
0
0
0
American Kestrel
0
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:
68
816
984
Observation start time:
8:30 am
Observation end time:
1:30 pm Daylight Time
Total observation time:
6 hours
Official Counter
Chris Reed, Sue Ricciardi
Observers:
Chris Reed, Ralph Geuder, Sue Ricciardi
Weather: Partly cloudy; 39-65 degrees; good visibility; winds light often with a southwest component, 0-7 mph
Raptor Observations: Seven species today with a nice run of 7 Red-shouldered Hawks. A Merlin perched for a couple of hours in the top of a dead tree across the pond.
Non-raptor Observations: Pied-billed Grebe, 22 Surf Scoters, several skeins of migrating Canada Geese totaling almost 900 individuals
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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