Date: 4/8/24 8:45 pm From: SUE RICCIARDI <susiericc...> Subject: [MDBirding] Fort Smallwood Park (08 Apr 2024) 102 Raptors
Fort Smallwood Park Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 08, 2024
Species
Day's Count
Month Total
Season Total
Black Vulture
3
22
171
Turkey Vulture
44
2187
8353
Osprey
10
28
192
Bald Eagle
0
7
69
Northern Harrier
3
12
26
Sharp-shinned Hawk
11
124
205
Cooper's Hawk
3
59
141
American Goshawk
0
0
0
Red-shouldered Hawk
5
19
317
Broad-winged Hawk
2
9
9
Red-tailed Hawk
4
36
114
Rough-legged Hawk
0
0
0
Golden Eagle
0
0
0
American Kestrel
11
32
135
Merlin
4
12
21
Peregrine Falcon
0
1
1
Unknown Accipiter
0
1
4
Unknown Buteo
1
3
6
Unknown Falcon
0
3
4
Unknown Eagle
0
0
1
Unknown Raptor
1
6
8
Total:
102
2561
9777
Observation start time:
9:15 am
Observation end time:
4:30 pm Daylight Time
Total observation time:
7.25 hours
Official Counter
Sue Ricciardi
Observers:
Cindy Godwin, Dan Walker, Hal Wierenga, Lynn Davidson
Weather: Partly to mostly cloudy; 52-70 degrees; some fog early then good visibility; winds light and variable, mostly with an easterly component and ending from the SSE, 0-10 mph.
Raptor Observations: Another good variety day with 11 species. Slow early, then picked up in the afternoon with all the sharp-shins, kestrels, Merlins harriers, broadwings and red-tails being counted then.
Non-raptor Observations: About 100 swallows boiling up in the afternoon. We were happy to be both hawkwatching and eclipse watching in the late afternoon. Luckily, we had clear skies or cloud cover with patches of blue so we had good views of the progress of the eclipse. It was quite impressive with near 90% coverage.
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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