Date: 3/11/26 8:12 pm From: 'SUE RICCIARDI' via Maryland & DC Birding <mdbirding...> Subject: [MDBirding] Fort Smallwood Park (11 Mar 2026) 127 Raptors
Fort Smallwood Park Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 11, 2026
Species
Day's Count
Month Total
Season Total
Black Vulture
0
23
23
Turkey Vulture
98
1606
1649
Osprey
4
12
12
Bald Eagle
0
2
2
Northern Harrier
0
0
0
Sharp-shinned Hawk
2
9
9
Cooper's Hawk
8
22
22
American Goshawk
0
0
0
Red-shouldered Hawk
11
193
194
Broad-winged Hawk
0
0
0
Red-tailed Hawk
2
12
12
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
1
1
1
Unknown Buteo
1
1
1
Unknown Falcon
0
0
0
Unknown Eagle
0
0
0
Unknown Raptor
0
0
0
Total:
127
1882
1926
Observation start time:
9:00 am Daylight Time
Observation end time:
2:30 pm
Total observation time:
5.5 hours
Official Counter
Chris Reed
Observers:
Cindy Godwin, Steve Steimel, Sue Ricciardi
Weather: Cloudy becoming mostly cloudy after some sprinkles passed by; 58-76 degrees; Fair to good visibility; winds light and variable 0-7 mph. Usually in the early part of the season, we have an abundance of brisk northwest winds. Not so this season. We have had instead an abundance of fog, rain and light winds often with an easterly component. Westerly winds, where are you?
Raptor Observations: Once the showers exited, the skies brightened, temperatures warmed, and the raptors responded, although they were still hesitant to make a direct flight north. Lots of back-and-forth movement. Flight slowed again in the afternoon.
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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