Fort Smallwood Park (22 Mar 2026) 242 Raptors

[SUE RICCIARDI]

Fort Smallwood Park

Pasadena, Maryland, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 22, 2026
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	2	37	37
Turkey Vulture	205	3026	3069
Osprey	15	55	55
Bald Eagle	0	26	26
Northern Harrier	1	2	2
Sharp-shinned Hawk	7	20	20
Cooper's Hawk	5	37	37
American Goshawk	0	0	0
Red-shouldered Hawk	2	204	205
Broad-winged Hawk	0	0	0
Red-tailed Hawk	2	26	26
Rough-legged Hawk	0	0	0
Golden Eagle	0	0	0
American Kestrel	2	12	12
Merlin	0	1	1
Peregrine Falcon	0	0	0
Unknown Accipitrine	0	1	1
Unknown Buteo	1	3	3
Unknown Falcon	0	1	1
Unknown Eagle	0	0	0
Unknown Raptor	0	1	1
Total:	242	3452	3496

Observation start time:	9:00 am Daylight Time
Observation end time:	4:30 pm
Total observation time:	7.5 hours
Official Counter	Chris Reed, Lynn Davidson
Observers:	Cindy Godwin, Hal Wierenga, Lynn Davidson, Sue Ricciardi

 

Visitors: Ed Pease, Jeff Anderson

Weather:
Partly cloudy; 50-79 degrees; fair visibility with some light fog and haze; winds light until late in the day, often with a S or SW component 3-7 mph, ending ESE at 13 mph.

Raptor Observations:
Nine migrant raptor species today with 15 Ospreys, and Sharp-shinned and Cooper's Hawks starting to build. Local adult Peregrine Falcon.

Non-raptor Observations:
200 Bonaparte's Gulls, 120 Tree Swallows, Eastern Phoebe

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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.