Date: 4/20/26 7:11 pm From: 'SUE RICCIARDI' via Maryland & DC Birding <mdbirding...> Subject: [MDBirding] Fort Smallwood Park (20 Apr 2026) 135 Raptors
Fort Smallwood Park Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 20, 2026
Species
Day's Count
Month Total
Season Total
Black Vulture
5
50
109
Turkey Vulture
59
2240
7914
Osprey
1
91
207
Bald Eagle
4
35
81
Northern Harrier
2
38
44
Sharp-shinned Hawk
23
357
405
Cooper's Hawk
3
87
136
American Goshawk
0
0
0
Red-shouldered Hawk
0
18
256
Broad-winged Hawk
36
79
79
Red-tailed Hawk
0
24
82
Rough-legged Hawk
0
0
0
Golden Eagle
0
0
0
American Kestrel
2
58
93
Merlin
0
20
21
Peregrine Falcon
0
0
0
Unknown Accipitrine
0
3
5
Unknown Buteo
0
3
7
Unknown Falcon
0
6
7
Unknown Eagle
0
0
0
Unknown Raptor
0
11
12
Swallow-tailed Kite
0
2
2
Total:
135
3122
9460
Observation start time:
8:30 am Daylight Time
Observation end time:
3:45 pm
Total observation time:
7.25 hours
Official Counter
Chris Reed
Observers:
Hal Wierenga, Lynn Davidson, Steve Steimel, Sue Ricciardi
Visitors: Andrew Estrin
Weather: Mostly cloudy with showers around and cumulus clouds mixed with lower dark clouds. A bit of a shower to start and another at the end. 47 to 53 degrees with the temperatures fluctuating depending on the cloud cover. Excellent visibility; winds northwesterly and brisk, 7-17 mph gusting to 29 mph
Raptor Observations: Broadwings and Sharp-shinned Hawks, besides Turkey Vultures, made up the bulk of the flight. Ten Bald Eagles of various ages, four of them migrants.
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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