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Date: 4/4/26 9:03 pm From: 'SUE RICCIARDI' via Maryland & DC Birding <mdbirding...> Subject: [MDBirding] Fort Smallwood Park (04 Apr 2026) 338 Raptors
Fort Smallwood Park Pasadena, Maryland, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 04, 2026 Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total Black Vulture 4 9 68 Turkey Vulture 275 808 6482 Osprey 15 46 162 Bald Eagle 0 2 48 Northern Harrier 1 7 13 Sharp-shinned Hawk 21 46 94 Cooper's Hawk 5 17 66 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 10 15 253 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 3 4 62 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 1 25 60 Merlin 1 5 6 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Accipitrine 0 0 2 Unknown Buteo 2 2 6 Unknown Falcon 0 1 2 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 3 4 Swallow-tailed Kite 0 1 1 Total: 338 991 7329 Observation start time: 8:45 am Daylight Time Observation end time: 4:00 pm Total observation time: 7.25 hours Official Counter Chris Reed Observers: Andy Smith, Cindy Godwin, Hal Wierenga, Hugh Hoffman, John Hoffman, Lynn Davidson, Sue Ricciardi Visitors: Jeff & Christie Anderson, Sam Levy & Travis Crane, Ketty Faichempa, Damon Schweitzer Weather: Partly cloudy; 65-82 degrees; fair visibility with haze; winds light and southwesterly at first, then becoming easterly 7-13 mph Raptor Observations: Good diversity today with Turkey Vultures, Ospreys, Sharp-shinned Hawks and Red-shouldered Hawks leading the flight numbers. Non-raptor Observations: Common Raven, Ruby-crowned Kinglet ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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/<707078459.562755.1775361802041...>

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