Date: 3/31/25 6:42 pm From: 'SUE RICCIARDI' via Maryland & DC Birding <mdbirding...> Subject: [MDBirding] Fort Smallwood Park (31 Mar 2025) 142 Raptors
Fort Smallwood Park Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 31, 2025
Species
Day's Count
Month Total
Season Total
Black Vulture
0
132
134
Turkey Vulture
112
4931
5079
Osprey
4
198
198
Bald Eagle
3
49
51
Northern Harrier
0
10
10
Sharp-shinned Hawk
4
105
105
Cooper's Hawk
3
89
89
American Goshawk
0
0
0
Red-shouldered Hawk
11
201
205
Broad-winged Hawk
0
0
0
Red-tailed Hawk
3
46
58
Rough-legged Hawk
0
0
0
Golden Eagle
0
0
0
American Kestrel
0
27
27
Merlin
1
9
9
Peregrine Falcon
0
0
0
Unknown Accipitrine
0
3
3
Unknown Buteo
0
7
7
Unknown Falcon
1
3
3
Unknown Eagle
0
0
0
Unknown Raptor
0
7
7
Total:
142
5817
5985
Observation start time:
8:45 am
Observation end time:
2:00 pm
Total observation time:
5.25 hours
Official Counter
Chris Reed
Observers:
Hal Wierenga, Ralph Geuder, Rich Mason, Sue Ricciardi
Visitors: Elizabeth Shaffer
Weather: Variable cloudiness; 68-79 degrees; good to excellent visibility; winds southwesterly, 10-12 mph gusting to 24 mph
Raptor Observations: Good sky and winds, but not a big flight, perhaps due to storms in the south. Red-shouldered Hawks still making a good showing.
Non-raptor Observations: Little Blue Heron; 40 Bonaparte's Gulls, Barn Swallow
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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