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Date: 5/18/26 7:29 pm From: 'SUE RICCIARDI' via Maryland & DC Birding <mdbirding...> Subject: [MDBirding] Fort Smallwood Park (18 May 2026) 14 Raptors
Fort Smallwood Park Pasadena, Maryland, USA Daily Raptor Counts: May 18, 2026 Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total Black Vulture 2 20 138 Turkey Vulture 10 648 8980 Osprey 1 17 239 Bald Eagle 0 30 119 Northern Harrier 0 2 49 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 57 648 Cooper's Hawk 0 25 194 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 256 Broad-winged Hawk 1 35 118 Red-tailed Hawk 0 11 94 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 1 10 Unknown Buteo 0 1 9 Unknown Falcon 0 0 7 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 2 16 Mississippi Kite 0 2 2 Swallow-tailed Kite 0 0 2 Total: 14 854 11011 Observation start time: 9:00 am Daylight Time Observation end time: 2:30 pm Total observation time: 5.5 hours Official Counter Chris Reed Observers: Cindy Godwin, Steve Steimel, Sue Ricciardi Visitors: Jerry; James Seigert Weather: Sunny; 75 rising to a hot 94 degrees; good visibility with some haze; winds light and variable Raptor Observations: Only a few migrants that we could detect in the sunny, hazy skies. However, we did top the 11,000 mark today. Non-raptor Observations: Dragonflies becoming more numerous. Are the Mississippi Kites noticing? ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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/<543871876.1110003.1779157784617...>

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