Date: 4/25/25 7:38 pm
From: 'SUE RICCIARDI' via Maryland & DC Birding <mdbirding...>
Subject: [MDBirding] Fort Smallwood Park (25 Apr 2025) 33 Raptors
Fort Smallwood Park Pasadena, Maryland, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 25, 2025

Species

Day's Count

Month Total

Season Total

Black Vulture

13

116

250

Turkey Vulture

13

2902

7981

Osprey

0

150

348

Bald Eagle

1

20

71

Northern Harrier

0

58

68

Sharp-shinned Hawk

1

694

799

Cooper's Hawk

2

193

282

American Goshawk

0

0

0

Red-shouldered Hawk

0

48

253

Broad-winged Hawk

1

289

289

Red-tailed Hawk

1

39

97

Rough-legged Hawk

0

0

0

Golden Eagle

0

0

0

American Kestrel

0

114

141

Merlin

1

40

48

Peregrine Falcon

0

1

1

Unknown Accipitrine

0

5

8

Unknown Buteo

0

5

12

Unknown Falcon

0

6

9

Unknown Eagle

0

0

0

Unknown Raptor

0

8

15

Total:

33

4688

10672



Observation start time:

8:30 am

Observation end time:

3:00 pm

Total observation time:

6.5 hours

Official Counter

Chris Reed, Sue Ricciardi

Observers:

Chris Reed, Cindy Godwin, Dan Walker, Sue Ricciardi



Weather:
Mostly cloudy becoming partly cloudy; 57-78 degrees; good
visibility; winds calm at first, then becoming southerly and
ending southeasterly, 9-12 mph.

Raptor Observations:
Like yesterday, another light flight

Non-raptor Observations:
Two Belted Kingfishers

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Report submitted by Sue Ricciardi (<susiericc...>)
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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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