Date: 4/12/18 9:07 pm From: SUE RICCIARDI <susiericc...> Subject: [MDBirding] Fort Smallwood Park Thursday, April 12, 2018 183 Raptors
Fort Smallwood Park
Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 12, 2018
Species
Day's Count
Month Total
Season Total
Black Vulture
4
60
255
Turkey Vulture
81
1453
5292
Osprey
16
198
514
Bald Eagle
3
15
52
Northern Harrier
5
15
22
Sharp-shinned Hawk
27
97
150
Cooper's Hawk
7
41
137
Northern Goshawk
0
0
0
Red-shouldered Hawk
3
52
174
Broad-winged Hawk
16
31
31
Red-tailed Hawk
5
40
106
Rough-legged Hawk
0
0
0
Golden Eagle
0
0
0
American Kestrel
13
43
58
Merlin
1
9
16
Peregrine Falcon
0
0
0
Unknown Accipiter
0
1
2
Unknown Buteo
1
3
6
Unknown Falcon
0
1
1
Unknown Eagle
0
0
0
Unknown Raptor
1
3
3
Total:
183
2062
6819
Observation start time:
6:30 am
Observation end time:
4:30 pm Daylight Time
Total observation time:
10 hours
Official Counter
Paul Fritz, Sue Ricciardi
Observers:
Bob Rineer, Chris Reed, Dan Stewart, Dan Walker, Hal Wierenga, Paul Fritz, Ralph Geuder, Sue Ricciardi
Visitors: Judy Hardy
Weather: Mostly cloudy becoming partly cloudy; 44-75 degrees; fair to excellent visibility. Winds were light at first, allowing the low cloud cover to persist. They finally picked up and the skies cleared some. Winds were southwesterly 3-14 mph gusting to 30 mph.
Raptor Observations: A good all around flight today with 12 raptor species; flight was best after the winds picked up and the clouds broke up. Twelve of the 13 kestrels were in the last 2.5 hours of the count and sharpie numbers are starting to increase. Flight tended to be high.
Non-raptor Observations: One mockingbird pinning another to the ground.
Report submitted by Sue Ricciardi (<susiericc...>) Fort Smallwood Park information may be found at: http://www.mdbirds.org/sites/mdsites/hawks/hawkwatch.html 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.
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