Date: 6/1/26 8:18 pm From: 'SUE RICCIARDI' via Maryland & DC Birding <mdbirding...> Subject: [MDBirding] Fwd: [BIRDHAWK] Fort Smallwood Park (01 Jun 2026) 5 Raptors
Fort Smallwood Park Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Jun 01, 2026
Species
Day's Count
Month Total
Season Total
Black Vulture
0
0
146
Turkey Vulture
5
5
9136
Osprey
0
0
246
Bald Eagle
0
0
140
Northern Harrier
0
0
49
Sharp-shinned Hawk
0
0
649
Cooper's Hawk
0
0
194
American Goshawk
0
0
0
Red-shouldered Hawk
0
0
256
Broad-winged Hawk
0
0
134
Red-tailed Hawk
0
0
95
Rough-legged Hawk
0
0
0
Golden Eagle
0
0
0
American Kestrel
0
0
97
Merlin
0
0
33
Peregrine Falcon
0
0
0
Unknown Accipitrine
0
0
10
Unknown Buteo
0
0
10
Unknown Falcon
0
0
7
Unknown Eagle
0
0
0
Unknown Raptor
0
0
16
Mississippi Kite
0
0
5
Swallow-tailed Kite
0
0
2
Total:
5
5
11225
Observation start time:
10:30 am Daylight Time
Observation end time:
2:30 pm
Total observation time:
4 hours
Official Counter
Sue Ricciardi
Observers:
Chris Reed, Cindy Godwin
Weather: Mostly cloudy; 72-77 degrees; excellent visibility; winds easterly, with a NE component in the first three hours, 8-12 mph
Raptor Observations: Only a few Turkey Vultures today
Non-raptor Observations: Yellow breasted Chat. Three crows were hitting on an immature Bald Eagle. In turn, one of the crows was being hit upon by an Eastern Kingbird. Sometimes size is irrelevant.
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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