Date: 3/30/26 6:51 pm From: 'SUE RICCIARDI' via Maryland & DC Birding <mdbirding...> Subject: [MDBirding] Fort Smallwood Park (30 Mar 2026) 608 Raptors
Fort Smallwood Park Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 30, 2026
Species
Day's Count
Month Total
Season Total
Black Vulture
3
50
50
Turkey Vulture
571
5496
5539
Osprey
7
110
110
Bald Eagle
1
45
45
Northern Harrier
0
6
6
Sharp-shinned Hawk
8
46
46
Cooper's Hawk
1
47
47
American Goshawk
0
0
0
Red-shouldered Hawk
9
236
237
Broad-winged Hawk
0
0
0
Red-tailed Hawk
5
55
55
Rough-legged Hawk
0
0
0
Golden Eagle
0
0
0
American Kestrel
2
33
33
Merlin
0
1
1
Peregrine Falcon
0
0
0
Unknown Accipitrine
0
1
1
Unknown Buteo
1
4
4
Unknown Falcon
0
1
1
Unknown Eagle
0
0
0
Unknown Raptor
0
1
1
Total:
608
6132
6176
Observation start time:
8:45 am Daylight Time
Observation end time:
4:00 pm
Total observation time:
7.25 hours
Official Counter
Chris Reed
Observers:
Andy Francis, Cindy Godwin, Steve Steimel, Sue Ricciardi
Weather: Rain, drizzle at the start, then cloudy to mostly cloudy; 55-68 degrees; fair to good visibility; winds southwesterly, 10-16 mph gusting to 25 mph
Raptor Observations: Southwesterly winds brought us another nice flight. In the afternoon, kettles of Turkey Vultures rose up from Bodkin Point, sometimes going straight north and sometimes coming into shore before heading north.
Non-raptor Observations: A Little Gull was located among the 100+ Bonaparte's Gulls at the marina.
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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