Date: 3/10/26 5:50 pm From: 'SUE RICCIARDI' via Maryland & DC Birding <mdbirding...> Subject: [MDBirding] Fort Smallwood Park (10 Mar 2026) 15 Raptors
Fort Smallwood Park Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 10, 2026
Species
Day's Count
Month Total
Season Total
Black Vulture
2
23
23
Turkey Vulture
7
1508
1551
Osprey
3
8
8
Bald Eagle
0
2
2
Northern Harrier
0
0
0
Sharp-shinned Hawk
0
7
7
Cooper's Hawk
1
14
14
American Goshawk
0
0
0
Red-shouldered Hawk
2
182
183
Broad-winged Hawk
0
0
0
Red-tailed Hawk
0
10
10
Rough-legged Hawk
0
0
0
Golden Eagle
0
0
0
American Kestrel
0
0
0
Merlin
0
1
1
Peregrine Falcon
0
0
0
Unknown Accipitrine
0
0
0
Unknown Buteo
0
0
0
Unknown Falcon
0
0
0
Unknown Eagle
0
0
0
Unknown Raptor
0
0
0
Total:
15
1755
1799
Observation start time:
10:00 am Daylight Time
Observation end time:
2:30 pm
Total observation time:
4.5 hours
Official Counter
Chris Reed
Observers:
Cindy Godwin, Steve Steimel, Sue Ricciardi
Weather: Fog delayed the count; partly cloudy becoming sunny afterwards; 59 to 83 degrees; fair to good visibility; winds light with a SW component, 0-6 mph
Raptor Observations: Few raptors today; maybe the lack of wind or a depleted pipeline.
Non-raptor Observations: Northern Shoveler, Red-throated Loon. Lots of turtles out, plus Spring Peepers and Southern Leopard Frogs. Mourning Cloak butterfly.
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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