Date: 5/28/26 8:21 pm From: 'SUE RICCIARDI' via Maryland & DC Birding <mdbirding...> Subject: [MDBirding] Fort Smallwood Park (28 May 2026) 37 Raptors
Fort Smallwood Park Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: May 28, 2026
Species
Day's Count
Month Total
Season Total
Black Vulture
0
25
143
Turkey Vulture
34
737
9069
Osprey
0
20
242
Bald Eagle
1
33
122
Northern Harrier
0
2
49
Sharp-shinned Hawk
1
58
649
Cooper's Hawk
0
25
194
American Goshawk
0
0
0
Red-shouldered Hawk
0
0
256
Broad-winged Hawk
0
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
1
3
3
Swallow-tailed Kite
0
0
2
Total:
37
956
11113
Observation start time:
9:00 am Daylight Time
Observation end time:
5:00 pm
Total observation time:
8 hours
Official Counter
Chris Reed, Hal Wierenga
Observers:
Cindy Godwin, Cristians Rivas, Hal Wierenga, Ralph Geuder, Steve Steimel, Sue Ricciardi
Weather: Partly cloudy; 71-80 degrees; good visibility; winds mostly from the NNW 7-16 mph gusting to 25 mph.
Raptor Observations: After 8 straight days of rain, showers, drizzle, fog and more rain and no counts, we finally had a fair-weather day today. We were ready for migrant raptors! However, it was a slow day, that is, until 3:24 pm daylight time, when our third Mississippi Kite of the season appeared. It first showed up on the far side of the pond flying north, most of the time giving good views. It appeared to be a first-year individual.
Non-raptor Observations: An Eastern Bluebird bringing food to a hole in a tree right over our heads.
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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