Fort Smallwood Park Monday, May 2, 2016 7 Raptors

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Fort Smallwood Park
Pasadena, Maryland, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: May 02, 2016
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	0	0	275
Turkey Vulture	0	0	3953
Osprey	7	7	240
Bald Eagle	0	0	71
Northern Harrier	0	0	15
Sharp-shinned Hawk	0	0	858
Cooper's Hawk	0	0	103
Northern Goshawk	0	0	0
Red-shouldered Hawk	0	0	47
Broad-winged Hawk	0	0	43
Red-tailed Hawk	0	0	91
Rough-legged Hawk	0	0	0
Golden Eagle	0	0	2
American Kestrel	0	0	94
Merlin	0	0	19
Peregrine Falcon	0	0	2
Unknown Accipiter	0	0	0
Unknown Buteo	0	0	3
Unknown Falcon	0	0	2
Unknown Eagle	0	0	0
Unknown Raptor	0	0	0
Swallow-tailed Kite	0	0	2
Total:	7	7	5820

Observation start time:	12:00  pm
Observation end time:	3:30  pm
Total observation time:	3.5 hours
Official Counter	Sue Ricciardi
Observers:

Weather:
Cloudy, becoming sunny after the rain; 59-70 degrees; visibility poor to fair with fog; winds starting out as SSW at 6, changing over to east at 12

Raptor Observations:
A few Ospreys

Non-raptor Observations:

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Report submitted by Sue Ricciardi (susi...@comcast.net)
Fort Smallwood Park information may be found at: http://www.mdbirds.org/sites/mdsites/hawks/hawkwatch.html

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.