Date: 3/18/25 6:35 pm From: 'SUE RICCIARDI' via Maryland & DC Birding <mdbirding...> Subject: [MDBirding] Fort Smallwood Park (18 Mar 2025) 305 Raptors
Fort Smallwood Park Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 18, 2025
Species
Day's Count
Month Total
Season Total
Black Vulture
0
43
45
Turkey Vulture
277
1612
1760
Osprey
5
43
43
Bald Eagle
2
26
28
Northern Harrier
0
1
1
Sharp-shinned Hawk
3
16
16
Cooper's Hawk
2
34
34
American Goshawk
0
0
0
Red-shouldered Hawk
12
50
54
Broad-winged Hawk
0
0
0
Red-tailed Hawk
3
22
34
Rough-legged Hawk
0
0
0
Golden Eagle
0
0
0
American Kestrel
1
11
11
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:
305
1858
2026
Observation start time:
8:45 am
Observation end time
2:45 pm Daylight Time
Total observation time:
6 hours
Official Counter
Chris Reed
Observers:
Fred Shaffer, Ralph Geuder, Steve Steimel, Sue Ricciardi
Visitors: John Taylor
Weather: Sunny; 41-63 degrees; good visibility; winds initially from the north then switching to from the northwest and ending up variable, 5-13 mph gusting to 29 mph
Raptor Observations: Nice flight of Red-shoulders. A lot of hesitation to move north when the winds were from due north, but once the westerly component kicked in the flight was more direct.
Non-raptor Observations: Southern Leopard Frogs were especially vocal today, all day.
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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