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Date: 4/28/25 6:20 pm From: 'SUE RICCIARDI' via Maryland & DC Birding <mdbirding...> Subject: [MDBirding] Fort Smallwood Park (28 Apr 2025) 38 Raptors
Fort Smallwood Park Pasadena, Maryland, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 28, 2025 Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total Black Vulture 4 123 257 Turkey Vulture 28 3080 8159 Osprey 1 153 351 Bald Eagle 1 21 72 Northern Harrier 0 88 98 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 840 945 Cooper's Hawk 1 211 300 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 48 253 Broad-winged Hawk 0 292 292 Red-tailed Hawk 0 46 104 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 0 115 142 Merlin 0 41 49 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 1 Unknown Accipitrine 0 5 8 Unknown Buteo 0 5 12 Unknown Falcon 0 7 10 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 8 15 Total: 38 5084 11068 Observation start time: 8:30 am Observation end time: 1:30 pm Daylight Time Total observation time: 5 hours Official Counter Chris Reed Observers: Sue Ricciardi Weather: Sunny; 52-70 degrees; excellent visibility; winds light and variable, often with an easterly component Raptor Observations: Light easterly winds resulted in a light flight. Non-raptor Observations: A first-summer Orchard Oriole fervently singing today. 1056 Blue Jays. Cattle Egret observed yesterday. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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/<219955598.750804.1745889615369...>

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