Date: 3/21/25 7:05 pm From: 'SUE RICCIARDI' via Maryland & DC Birding <mdbirding...> Subject: [MDBirding] Fort Smallwood Park (21 Mar 2025) 351 Raptors
Fort Smallwood Park Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 21, 2025
Species
Day's Count
Month Total
Season Total
Black Vulture
9
62
64
Turkey Vulture
321
2211
2359
Osprey
9
63
63
Bald Eagle
0
29
31
Northern Harrier
0
1
1
Sharp-shinned Hawk
2
22
22
Cooper's Hawk
3
40
40
American Goshawk
0
0
0
Red-shouldered Hawk
2
61
65
Broad-winged Hawk
0
0
0
Red-tailed Hawk
1
24
36
Rough-legged Hawk
0
0
0
Golden Eagle
0
0
0
American Kestrel
4
15
15
Merlin
0
0
0
Peregrine Falcon
0
0
0
Unknown Accipitrine
0
0
0
Unknown Buteo
0
1
1
Unknown Falcon
0
1
1
Unknown Eagle
0
0
0
Unknown Raptor
0
1
1
Total:
351
2531
2699
Observation start time:
8:15 am
Observation end time:
3:00 pm Daylight Time
Total observation time:
6.75 hours
Official Counter
Chris Reed, Sue Ricciardi
Observers:
Chris Reed, Ralph Geuder, Sue Ricciardi
Weather: Sunny; 39-53 degrees; excellent visibility; winds northwesterly and very strong, 17-23 mph gusting to 35 mph
Raptor Observations: The vulture flight was steady all day. Our regular female adult Cooper's Hawk visited today trying to catch a Song Sparrow. It seems to fly in stealthily and then suddenly appears close to us. Three adult Bald Eagles sat in one tree across the pond, two of them for several hours.
Non-raptor Observations: We were thanking fellow observer Dan Walker today for the 40 foot by 5 foot tarp that he has provided us. We attach it to the fence around the pond a few feet from us and it makes a great wind barrier.
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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