Date: 3/26/26 9:42 pm From: 'SUE RICCIARDI' via Maryland & DC Birding <mdbirding...> Subject: [MDBirding] Fort Smallwood Park (26 Mar 2026) 745 Raptors
Fort Smallwood Park Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 26, 2026
Species
Day's Count
Month Total
Season Total
Black Vulture
2
42
42
Turkey Vulture
686
4212
4255
Osprey
17
83
83
Bald Eagle
4
33
33
Northern Harrier
2
4
4
Sharp-shinned Hawk
8
31
31
Cooper's Hawk
3
43
43
American Goshawk
0
0
0
Red-shouldered Hawk
10
224
225
Broad-winged Hawk
0
0
0
Red-tailed Hawk
7
40
40
Rough-legged Hawk
0
0
0
Golden Eagle
0
0
0
American Kestrel
6
22
22
Merlin
0
1
1
Peregrine Falcon
0
0
0
Unknown Accipitrine
0
1
1
Unknown Buteo
0
3
3
Unknown Falcon
0
1
1
Unknown Eagle
0
0
0
Unknown Raptor
0
1
1
Total:
745
4741
4785
Observation start time:
9:00 am Daylight Time
Observation end time:
3:00 pm
Total observation time:
6 hours
Official Counter
Chris Reed, Sue Ricciardi
Observers:
Cindy Godwin, Fred Shaffer, Hal Wierenga, Lynn Davidson, Ralph Geuder, Steve Steimel, Sue Ricciardi
Visitors: Elizabeth
Weather: Partly cloudy; 58 to 78 degrees; fair to good visibility with early haze; winds southwesterly, 9-12 mph gusting to 20 mph.
Raptor Observations: A great spring day for hawkwatching! The weather favored us today, except for causing the flight to be high at times. Ten species with vultures leading the way, supplemented by 17 Ospreys and smaller numbers of Bald Eagles, Northern Harriers, Sharp-shinned, Cooper's, Red-shouldered and Red-tailed Hawks and American Kestrels.
Non-raptor Observations: 3 Green-winged Teals and turtles basking everywhere. 4 Northern Rough-winged Swallows, first of the season.
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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