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Date: 5/8/26 6:39 pm From: 'SUE RICCIARDI' via Maryland & DC Birding <mdbirding...> Subject: [MDBirding] Fort Smallwood Park (08 May 2026) 27 Raptors
Fort Smallwood Park Pasadena, Maryland, USA Daily Raptor Counts: May 08, 2026 Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total Black Vulture 1 15 133 Turkey Vulture 25 302 8634 Osprey 0 11 233 Bald Eagle 1 17 106 Northern Harrier 0 2 49 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 54 645 Cooper's Hawk 0 19 188 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 256 Broad-winged Hawk 0 5 88 Red-tailed Hawk 0 6 89 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 0 1 97 Merlin 0 2 33 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Accipitrine 0 0 9 Unknown Buteo 0 0 8 Unknown Falcon 0 0 7 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 1 15 Swallow-tailed Kite 0 0 2 Total: 27 435 10592 Observation start time: 9:00 am Daylight Time Observation end time: 3:00 pm Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter Chris Reed Observers: Alan Young, Cindy Godwin, Sue Ricciardi, Sue Young Visitors: Pam Runkle, Andrew Estrin Weather: Sunny becoming partly cloudy; 59-71 degrees; good visibility; winds westerly 6-15 mph gusting to 29 mph Raptor Observations: Seemed like good conditions for a flight, but the raptors disagreed with us. Vultures and a Bald Eagle. Non-raptor Observations: Six Glossy Ibis spent a few hours feeding along the shoreline; Eastern Warbling Vireo, Blue Grosbeak ----------------------------------------------------------------- Report submitted by Sue Ricciardi (<susiericc...>) More information at hawkcount.org: [Site Profile] [Day Summary] [Month Summary] ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Group 'Maryland & DC Birding'. To view group guidelines or change email preferences, visit this group on the web at http://www.mdbirding.com Unfamiliar with a hotspot mentioned on this list? Quickly locate it here - http://www.mdbirding.com/hotspot.html --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maryland & DC Birding" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to mdbirding+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mdbirding/<537675339.685578.1778290740732...>

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