Date: 3/26/25 7:26 pm From: 'SUE RICCIARDI' via Maryland & DC Birding <mdbirding...> Subject: [MDBirding] Fort Smallwood Park (26 Mar 2025) 237 Raptors
Fort Smallwood Park Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 26, 2025
Species
Day's Count
Month Total
Season Total
Black Vulture
9
91
93
Turkey Vulture
202
3174
3322
Osprey
15
114
114
Bald Eagle
1
36
38
Northern Harrier
0
2
2
Sharp-shinned Hawk
1
26
26
Cooper's Hawk
2
53
53
American Goshawk
0
0
0
Red-shouldered Hawk
1
72
76
Broad-winged Hawk
0
0
0
Red-tailed Hawk
0
29
41
Rough-legged Hawk
0
0
0
Golden Eagle
0
0
0
American Kestrel
1
17
17
Merlin
2
4
4
Peregrine Falcon
0
0
0
Unknown Accipitrine
1
1
1
Unknown Buteo
1
5
5
Unknown Falcon
1
2
2
Unknown Eagle
0
0
0
Unknown Raptor
0
2
2
Total:
237
3628
3796
Observation start time:
8:45 am
Observation end time:
3:00 pm Daylight Time
Total observation time:
6.25 hours
Official Counter
Chris Reed, Sue Ricciardi
Observers:
Chris Reed, Jenny Isaacs, Ralph Geuder, Steve Steimel, Sue Ricciardi
Visitors: Mary Lou Clark
Weather: Partly cloudy with plenty of cumulus clouds; 47-52 degrees; good to excellent visibility; winds strong and westerly, often with a NW component, 7-24 mph gusting to 41 mph
Raptor Observations: Two Merlins in the last hour.
Non-raptor Observations: First Purple Martins 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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