Date: 5/10/26 9:32 pm From: 'SUE RICCIARDI' via Maryland & DC Birding <mdbirding...> Subject: [MDBirding] Fort Smallwood Park (10 May 2026) 119 Raptors
Fort Smallwood Park Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: May 10, 2026
Species
Day's Count
Month Total
Season Total
Black Vulture
0
15
133
Turkey Vulture
96
410
8742
Osprey
0
11
233
Bald Eagle
1
19
108
Northern Harrier
0
2
49
Sharp-shinned Hawk
1
56
647
Cooper's Hawk
3
22
191
American Goshawk
0
0
0
Red-shouldered Hawk
0
0
256
Broad-winged Hawk
14
19
102
Red-tailed Hawk
1
7
90
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
1
1
10
Unknown Buteo
1
1
9
Unknown Falcon
0
0
7
Unknown Eagle
0
0
0
Unknown Raptor
1
2
16
Swallow-tailed Kite
0
0
2
Total:
119
568
10725
Observation start time:
900: am Daylight Time
Observation end time
3:00 pm
Total observation time:
6 hours
Official Counter
Chris Reed
Observers:
Cristians Rivas, Sue Ricciardi
Weather: Sunny for the first two hours, then partly cloudy; 64-80 degrees; fair to good visibility with haze and low cloud cover; winds westerly becoming stronger over the course of the day 3-13 mph gusting to 20 mph.
Raptor Observations: Immature Broadwings starting to come through.
Non-raptor Observations: Some Glossy Ibis (5) still feeding along the shoreline of the pond, Common Yellowthroat, Blackpoll Warber, Northern Yellow Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warbler, American Redstart, Northern Parula, Yellow-rumped Warbler
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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