Date: 4/14/26 6:31 pm From: 'SUE RICCIARDI' via Maryland & DC Birding <mdbirding...> Subject: [MDBirding] Fort Smallwood Park (13 Apr 2026) 406 Raptors
Fort Smallwood Park Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 13, 2026
Species
Day's Count
Month Total
Season Total
Black Vulture
6
36
95
Turkey Vulture
173
1750
7424
Osprey
3
78
194
Bald Eagle
2
21
67
Northern Harrier
6
27
33
Sharp-shinned Hawk
139
238
286
Cooper's Hawk
27
60
109
American Goshawk
0
0
0
Red-shouldered Hawk
1
18
256
Broad-winged Hawk
24
28
28
Red-tailed Hawk
7
19
77
Rough-legged Hawk
0
0
0
Golden Eagle
0
0
0
American Kestrel
10
50
85
Merlin
2
15
16
Peregrine Falcon
0
0
0
Unknown Accipitrine
0
2
4
Unknown Buteo
0
2
6
Unknown Falcon
3
6
7
Unknown Eagle
0
0
0
Unknown Raptor
3
7
8
Swallow-tailed Kite
0
1
1
Total:
406
2358
8696
Observation start time:
9:00 am Daylight Time
Observation end time:
5:00 pm
Total observation time:
8 hours
Official Counter
Chris Reed, Sue Ricciardi
Observers:
Chris Reed, Cindy Godwin, Fred Shaffer, Hal Wierenga, Joe Hanfman, Lynn Davidson, Ralph Geuder, Steve Steimel, Sue Ricciardi
Weather: Mostly cloudy with a shower for about ten minutes around 1 pm daylight time; 66-80 degrees; fair visibility becoming good; winds moderately strong and southwesterly 9-17 mph gusting to 30 mph.
Raptor Observations: Great day with almost two-thirds of the flight coming after the shower, in the last three hours of the count. Twelve species with good showings of Sharp-shinned and Cooper's Hawks. Finally, more Broad-wings. The sharpie flight almost doubled the seasonal count thus far and they were all over the sky. Many of the raptors were high, but adequate cloud cover gave us a chance to see them.
Non-raptor Observations: Over 750 Blue Jays; over 230 Tree Swallows
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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