Date: 3/14/26 8:19 pm From: 'SUE RICCIARDI' via Maryland & DC Birding <mdbirding...> Subject: [MDBirding] Fort Smallwood Park (14 Mar 2026) 533 Raptors
Fort Smallwood Park Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 14, 2026
Species
Day's Count
Month Total
Season Total
Black Vulture
2
26
26
Turkey Vulture
526
2186
2229
Osprey
3
17
17
Bald Eagle
1
4
4
Northern Harrier
0
0
0
Sharp-shinned Hawk
0
9
9
Cooper's Hawk
0
22
22
American Goshawk
0
0
0
Red-shouldered Hawk
1
196
197
Broad-winged Hawk
0
0
0
Red-tailed Hawk
0
13
13
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
1
1
Unknown Buteo
0
1
1
Unknown Falcon
0
0
0
Unknown Eagle
0
0
0
Unknown Raptor
0
0
0
Total:
533
2476
2520
Observation start time:
8:30 am Daylight Time
Observation end time:
4:00 pm
Total observation time:
7.5 hours
Official Counter
Chris Reed, Lynn Davidson
Observers:
Hal Wierenga, Lynn Davidson, Sue Ricciardi
Visitors: Mike
Weather: Partly to mostly cloudy; 49-56 degrees; good visibility; winds strong out of the west sometimes with a NW component 13-21 mph gusting to 32 mph
Raptor Observations: Definitely a Turkey Vulture day. Seems like there should have been more species based on the strength of the vulture flight.
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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