Date: 3/17/25 8:29 pm From: 'SUE RICCIARDI' via Maryland & DC Birding <mdbirding...> Subject: [MDBirding] Fort Smallwood Park (17 Mar 2025) 320 Raptors
Fort Smallwood Park Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 17, 2025
Species
Day's Count
Month Total
Season Total
Black Vulture
5
43
45
Turkey Vulture
264
1335
1483
Osprey
14
38
38
Bald Eagle
5
24
26
Northern Harrier
0
1
1
Sharp-shinned Hawk
5
13
13
Cooper's Hawk
14
32
32
American Goshawk
0
0
0
Red-shouldered Hawk
6
38
42
Broad-winged Hawk
0
0
0
Red-tailed Hawk
0
19
31
Rough-legged Hawk
0
0
0
Golden Eagle
0
0
0
American Kestrel
7
10
10
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:
320
1553
1721
Observation start time:
8:30 am
Observation end time:
5:15 pm Daylight Time
Total observation time:
8.75 hours
Official Counter
Chris Reed, Lynn Davidson
Observers:
Dan Walker, Fred Shaffer, Hal Wierenga, Ralph Geuder, Sue Ricciardi
Weather: Mostly cloudy becoming partly cloudy; 51-58 degrees; good visibility; winds northwesterly 13-21 mph gusting to 32 mph. Finally some good hawk weather after four days of no sun and an east component in the wind.
Raptor Observations: Very enjoyable day today with eight raptor species and good numbers of accipiters (first day for this), Ospreys and American Kestrels
Non-raptor Observations: Great Egret 2, Bonaparte's Gull 15, first Barn Swallow of the season
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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