Fort Smallwood Park (09 Apr 2025) 94 Raptors

[SUE RICCIARDI]

Fort Smallwood Park
Pasadena, Maryland, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 09, 2025
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	3	61	195
Turkey Vulture	64	1212	6291
Osprey	8	101	299
Bald Eagle	0	6	57
Northern Harrier	0	15	25
Sharp-shinned Hawk	5	55	160
Cooper's Hawk	8	42	131
American Goshawk	1	1	1
Red-shouldered Hawk	2	17	222
Broad-winged Hawk	2	6	6
Red-tailed Hawk	1	5	63
Rough-legged Hawk	0	0	0
Golden Eagle	0	0	0
American Kestrel	0	21	48
Merlin	0	6	14
Peregrine Falcon	0	0	0
Unknown Accipitrine	0	0	3
Unknown Buteo	0	2	9
Unknown Falcon	0	0	3
Unknown Eagle	0	0	0
Unknown Raptor	0	1	8
Total:	94	1551	7535

Observation start time:	8:45 am
Observation end time:	2:30 pm Daylight Time
Total observation time:	5.75 hours
Official Counter	Chris Reed
Observers:	Fred Shaffer, Jenny Isaacs, Rich Mason, Steve Steimel, Sue Ricciardi

Visitors:
Linda Vitchock, Jim and Christine Thompson, Alan and Sue Young, Mary Lou Clark

Weather:
Sunny; 35-51 degrees; good visibility; winds light and variable, 5-9 mph

Raptor Observations:
Blue skies making for difficult spotting and light winds led to a much lighter flight than yesterday's 900+ total. Two more Broad-winged Hawks.

Non-raptor Observations:
Red-throated Loon seen by one of our observers

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Report submitted by Sue Ricciardi (susi...@comcast.net)
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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.