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Date: 5/8/25 10:17 pm From: 'SUE RICCIARDI' via Maryland & DC Birding <mdbirding...> Subject: [MDBirding] Fort Smallwood Park (08 May 2025) 35 Raptors
Fort Smallwood Park Pasadena, Maryland, USA Daily Raptor Counts: May 08, 2025 Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total Black Vulture 2 13 284 Turkey Vulture 28 264 8615 Osprey 1 4 360 Bald Eagle 0 16 105 Northern Harrier 0 1 103 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 37 1052 Cooper's Hawk 0 6 317 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 258 Broad-winged Hawk 0 7 301 Red-tailed Hawk 0 10 119 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 0 1 143 Merlin 0 0 50 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 2 Unknown Accipitrine 1 1 10 Unknown Buteo 1 3 16 Unknown Falcon 0 0 10 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 2 20 Total: 35 365 11765 Observation start time: 8:30 am Observation end time: 2:30 pm Daylight Time Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter Chris Reed Observers: Cindy Godwin, Cristians Rivas, Fred Shaffer, Steve Steimel, Sue Ricciardi Weather: Partly cloudy most of the day becoming mostly cloudy in the last hour; 65-78 degrees; good to excellent visibility; winds light and variable. Raptor Observations: Few raptors flying today on the light winds Non-raptor Observations: Red-headed Woodpecker. First year male Orchard Oriole has been singing vigorously for several days. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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/<1517102503.54220.1746767821876...>

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