Date: 3/21/26 4:58 am From: 'SUE RICCIARDI' via Maryland & DC Birding <mdbirding...> Subject: [MDBirding] Fort Smallwood Park (20 Mar 2026) 283 Raptors
Fort Smallwood Park Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 20, 2026
Species
Day's Count
Month Total
Season Total
Black Vulture
5
35
35
Turkey Vulture
246
2709
2752
Osprey
5
33
33
Bald Eagle
5
26
26
Northern Harrier
0
1
1
Sharp-shinned Hawk
2
12
12
Cooper's Hawk
6
31
31
American Goshawk
0
0
0
Red-shouldered Hawk
5
202
203
Broad-winged Hawk
0
0
0
Red-tailed Hawk
7
24
24
Rough-legged Hawk
0
0
0
Golden Eagle
0
0
0
American Kestrel
2
8
8
Merlin
0
1
1
Peregrine Falcon
0
0
0
Unknown Accipitrine
0
1
1
Unknown Buteo
0
2
2
Unknown Falcon
0
1
1
Unknown Eagle
0
0
0
Unknown Raptor
0
1
1
Total:
283
3087
3131
Observation start time:
9:00 am Daylight Time
Observation end time:
4:45 pm
Total observation time:
7.75 hours
Official Counter
Chris Reed, Lynn Davidson
Observers:
Cindy Godwin, Hal Wierenga, Steve Steimel, Sue Ricciardi
Visitors: Mike Woronowicz, John Missing
Weather: Sunny slowly becoming partly cloudy, then becoming cloudy as showers approached; 44-69 degrees; good visibility; winds from the S, SW or SSW 3-12 mph
Raptor Observations: Favorable winds brought a nice flight with 9 raptor species and pushing us over 3,000 total raptors for the season. Local activity was busy with Ospreys, Bald Eagles, Red-shouldered and Red-tailed Hawks and Black Vultures.
Non-raptor Observations: Common Raven, about 60 Tree Swallows
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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