Date: 3/27/25 2:05 pm
From: 'SUE RICCIARDI' via Maryland & DC Birding <mdbirding...>
Subject: [MDBirding] Fort Smallwood Park (27 Mar 2025) 217 Raptor
Fort Smallwood Park
Pasadena, Maryland, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 27, 2025

Species

Day's Count

Month Total

Season Total

Black Vulture

9

100

102

Turkey Vulture

179

3353

3501

Osprey

27

141

141

Bald Eagle

0

36

38

Northern Harrier

0

2

2

Sharp-shinned Hawk

0

26

26

Cooper's Hawk

0

53

53

American Goshawk

0

0

0

Red-shouldered Hawk

2

74

78

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

0

17

17

Merlin

0

4

4

Peregrine Falcon

0

0

0

Unknown Accipitrine

0

1

1

Unknown Buteo

0

5

5

Unknown Falcon

0

2

2

Unknown Eagle

0

0

0

Unknown Raptor

0

2

2

Total:

217

3845

4013



Observation start time:

8:30 am

Observation end time:

2:30 pm

Total observation time:

6 hours

Official Counter

Chris Reed, Sue Ricciardi

Observers:

Chris Reed, Sue Ricciardi


Visitors: Wendy Crowe, Pam Runkle, George Jett

Weather:
Sunny; 34- 54 degrees; good visibility; winds mostly northwesterly
and stringer in the last two hours, 6-17 mph gusting to 24 mph

Raptor Observations: Nice flight of Ospreys, but little diversity
today

Non-raptor Observations: 85 Tree Swallows

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Report submitted by Sue Ricciardi (<susiericc...>)
More information at hawkcount.org: [Site Profile] [Day Summary] [Month
Summary]

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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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