Date: 4/12/26 7:41 pm From: 'SUE RICCIARDI' via Maryland & DC Birding <mdbirding...> Subject: [MDBirding] Fort Smallwood Park (12 Apr 2026) 125 Raptors
Fort Smallwood Park Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 12, 2026
Species
Day's Count
Month Total
Season Total
Black Vulture
6
30
89
Turkey Vulture
83
1577
7251
Osprey
2
75
191
Bald Eagle
3
19
65
Northern Harrier
6
21
27
Sharp-shinned Hawk
8
99
147
Cooper's Hawk
1
33
82
American Goshawk
0
0
0
Red-shouldered Hawk
0
17
255
Broad-winged Hawk
0
4
4
Red-tailed Hawk
4
12
70
Rough-legged Hawk
0
0
0
Golden Eagle
0
0
0
American Kestrel
5
40
75
Merlin
5
13
14
Peregrine Falcon
0
0
0
Unknown Accipitrine
0
2
4
Unknown Buteo
0
2
6
Unknown Falcon
2
3
4
Unknown Eagle
0
0
0
Unknown Raptor
0
4
5
Swallow-tailed Kite
0
1
1
Total:
125
1952
8290
Observation start time:
9:00 am Daylight Time
Observation end time:
3:oo pm
Total observation time:
6 hours
Official Counter
Chris Reed
Observers:
Cristians Rivas, Sue Ricciardi
Weather: Sunny becoming partly cloudy; 55-65 degrees; good visibility; winds mostly with a SE component 5-14 mph gusting to 23 mph
Raptor Observations: Surprisingly good flight on usually unfavorable winds. Perhaps the winds were more southerly rather than easterly south of us and kept the flight overhead. The flight got very high in the pm, but we managed to snare 5 kestrels and 5 Merlins, with 2 small falcons unidentified. The six harriers were a treat.
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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