Fort Smallwood Park (Friday 14 May 2021) 17 Raptors

[SUE RICCIARDI]

Fort Smallwood Park
Pasadena, Maryland, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: May 14, 2021
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	0	40	554
Turkey Vulture	8	573	11129
Osprey	1	23	417
Bald Eagle	3	38	188
Northern Harrier	0	4	39
Sharp-shinned Hawk	0	337	1375
Cooper's Hawk	0	17	312
Northern Goshawk	0	0	0
Red-shouldered Hawk	0	0	336
Broad-winged Hawk	5	109	666
Red-tailed Hawk	0	33	301
Rough-legged Hawk	0	0	0
Golden Eagle	0	0	1
American Kestrel	0	1	209
Merlin	0	4	57
Peregrine Falcon	0	1	1
Unknown Accipiter	0	0	6
Unknown Buteo	0	4	22
Unknown Falcon	0	0	2
Unknown Eagle	0	0	1
Unknown Raptor	0	2	33
Total:	17	1186	15649

Observation start time:	8:15 am Daylight Time
Observation end time:	3:00 pm
Total observation time:	6.75 hours
Official Counter	Chris Reed, Sue Ricciardi
Observers:	Chris Reed, Cristians Rivas, Sue Ricciardi

Weather:
Mostly sunny becoming partly cloudy; 60-72 degrees; good visibility; winds light and variable

Raptor Observations:
Light winds and May lull before immature Broad-wings arrive resulted in few migrants.

Non-raptor Observations:

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.