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Date: 6/6/26 7:55 pm From: 'SUE RICCIARDI' via Maryland & DC Birding <mdbirding...> Subject: [MDBirding] Fort Smallwood Park (06 Jun 2026) 6 Raptors
Fort Smallwood Park Pasadena, Maryland, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Jun 06, 2026 Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total Black Vulture 0 5 151 Turkey Vulture 4 53 9184 Osprey 0 6 252 Bald Eagle 1 1 141 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 1 1 135 Red-tailed Hawk 0 1 96 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: 6 67 11287 Observation start time: 9:15 am Daylight Time Observation end time: 4:15 pm Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter Chris Reed Observers: Dan Walker, Hal Wierenga, Lynn Davidson, Sue Ricciardi Weather: Variable cloudiness; 79-88 degrees; fair visibility with haze; breezy winds mostly from the WSW, 9-15 mph gusting to 22 mph. Raptor Observations: Not much, but a late broadwing was welcome. Non-raptor Observations: The two offshore Osprey nests have at least 3 young among them. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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/<355141852.456427.1780800917313...>

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