Fort Smallwood Park (26 Mar 2026) 745 Raptors

[SUE RICCIARDI]

Fort Smallwood Park

Pasadena, Maryland, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 26, 2026
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	2	42	42
Turkey Vulture	686	4212	4255
Osprey	17	83	83
Bald Eagle	4	33	33
Northern Harrier	2	4	4
Sharp-shinned Hawk	8	31	31
Cooper's Hawk	3	43	43
American Goshawk	0	0	0
Red-shouldered Hawk	10	224	225
Broad-winged Hawk	0	0	0
Red-tailed Hawk	7	40	40
Rough-legged Hawk	0	0	0
Golden Eagle	0	0	0
American Kestrel	6	22	22
Merlin	0	1	1
Peregrine Falcon	0	0	0
Unknown Accipitrine	0	1	1
Unknown Buteo	0	3	3
Unknown Falcon	0	1	1
Unknown Eagle	0	0	0
Unknown Raptor	0	1	1
Total:	745	4741	4785

Observation start time:	9:00 am Daylight Time
Observation end time:	3:00 pm
Total observation time:	6 hours
Official Counter	Chris Reed, Sue Ricciardi
Observers:	Cindy Godwin, Fred Shaffer, Hal Wierenga, Lynn Davidson, Ralph Geuder, Steve Steimel, Sue Ricciardi

Visitors: Elizabeth

Weather:
Partly cloudy; 58 to 78 degrees; fair to good visibility with early haze; winds southwesterly, 9-12 mph gusting to 20 mph.

Raptor Observations:
A great spring day for hawkwatching! The weather favored us today, except for causing the flight to be high at times. Ten species with vultures leading the way, supplemented by 17 Ospreys and smaller numbers of Bald Eagles, Northern Harriers, Sharp-shinned, Cooper's, Red-shouldered and Red-tailed Hawks and American Kestrels.

Non-raptor Observations:
3 Green-winged Teals and turtles basking everywhere. 4 Northern Rough-winged Swallows, first of the season.

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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.