Date: 3/22/26 7:51 pm From: 'SUE RICCIARDI' via Maryland & DC Birding <mdbirding...> Subject: [MDBirding] Fort Smallwood Park (22 Mar 2026) 242 Raptors
Fort Smallwood Park Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 22, 2026
Species
Day's Count
Month Total
Season Total
Black Vulture
2
37
37
Turkey Vulture
205
3026
3069
Osprey
15
55
55
Bald Eagle
0
26
26
Northern Harrier
1
2
2
Sharp-shinned Hawk
7
20
20
Cooper's Hawk
5
37
37
American Goshawk
0
0
0
Red-shouldered Hawk
2
204
205
Broad-winged Hawk
0
0
0
Red-tailed Hawk
2
26
26
Rough-legged Hawk
0
0
0
Golden Eagle
0
0
0
American Kestrel
2
12
12
Merlin
0
1
1
Peregrine Falcon
0
0
0
Unknown Accipitrine
0
1
1
Unknown Buteo
1
3
3
Unknown Falcon
0
1
1
Unknown Eagle
0
0
0
Unknown Raptor
0
1
1
Total:
242
3452
3496
Observation start time:
9:00 am Daylight Time
Observation end time:
4:30 pm
Total observation time:
7.5 hours
Official Counter
Chris Reed, Lynn Davidson
Observers:
Cindy Godwin, Hal Wierenga, Lynn Davidson, Sue Ricciardi
Visitors: Ed Pease, Jeff Anderson
Weather: Partly cloudy; 50-79 degrees; fair visibility with some light fog and haze; winds light until late in the day, often with a S or SW component 3-7 mph, ending ESE at 13 mph.
Raptor Observations: Nine migrant raptor species today with 15 Ospreys, and Sharp-shinned and Cooper's Hawks starting to build. Local adult Peregrine Falcon.
Non-raptor Observations: 200 Bonaparte's Gulls, 120 Tree Swallows, Eastern Phoebe
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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