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Date: 5/10/25 7:27 pm From: 'SUE RICCIARDI' via Maryland & DC Birding <mdbirding...> Subject: [MDBirding] Fort Smallwood Park (10 May 2025) 55 Raptors
Fort Smallwood Park Pasadena, Maryland, USA Daily Raptor Counts: May 10, 2025 Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total Black Vulture 1 14 285 Turkey Vulture 42 306 8657 Osprey 0 4 360 Bald Eagle 0 16 105 Northern Harrier 2 3 105 Sharp-shinned Hawk 7 44 1059 Cooper's Hawk 1 7 318 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 258 Broad-winged Hawk 0 7 301 Red-tailed Hawk 0 10 119 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 1 2 144 Merlin 1 1 51 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 2 Unknown Accipitrine 0 1 10 Unknown Buteo 0 3 16 Unknown Falcon 0 0 10 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 2 20 Total: 55 420 11820 Observation start time: 7:15 am Observation end time: 2:00 pm Daylight Time Total observation time: 6.75 hours Official Counter Chris Reed Observers: Dave Mozurkewich, Hugh Hoffman, Sue Ricciardi Weather: Sunny; 49-70 degrees; good to excellent visibility; winds generally from the west, ending from the WNW, 12-20 mph gusting to 32 mph Raptor Observations: Seven Sharp-shinned Hawks and two Northern Harriers, but mostly Turkey Vultures. Non-raptor Observations: Today was the statewide May Count. Totals will be reported tomorrow. Visitors: Dan Stewart --------------------------------------------------------------------- Report submitted by Sue Ricciardi (<susiericc...>) More information at hawkcount.org: [Site Profile] [Day Summary] [Month Summary] --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Group 'Maryland & DC Birding'. To view group guidelines or change email preferences, visit this group on the web at http://www.mdbirding.com Unfamiliar with a hotspot mentioned on this list? Quickly locate it here - http://www.mdbirding.com/hotspot.html --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maryland & DC Birding" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to mdbirding+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mdbirding/<602489875.54448.1746930457764...>

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