Fort Smallwood Park (04 Jun 2025) 12 Raptors

[SUE RICCIARDI]

Fort Smallwood Park

Pasadena, Maryland, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: Jun 04, 2025
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	1	6	323
Turkey Vulture	6	28	9199
Osprey	2	3	388
Bald Eagle	0	4	137
Northern Harrier	0	0	110
Sharp-shinned Hawk	0	0	1068
Cooper's Hawk	0	0	323
American Goshawk	0	0	0
Red-shouldered Hawk	0	0	258
Broad-winged Hawk	3	27	540
Red-tailed Hawk	0	0	124
Rough-legged Hawk	0	0	0
Golden Eagle	0	0	0
American Kestrel	0	0	145
Merlin	0	0	52
Peregrine Falcon	0	0	2
Unknown Accipitrine	0	0	10
Unknown Buteo	0	0	24
Unknown Falcon	0	0	10
Unknown Eagle	0	0	0
Unknown Raptor	0	0	23
Mississippi Kite	0	0	9
Swallow-tailed Kite	0	0	2
Total:	12	68	12747

Observation start time:	9:00 am
Observation end time:	2:00 pm Daylight Time
Total observation time:	5 hours
Official Counter	Chris Reed
Observers:	Cindy Godwin, Jenny Isaacs, Steve Steimel, Sue Ricciardi

Weather:
Sunny; 72-87 degrees; fair to good visibility; winds light and southwesterly, 5-8 mph, light enough that we were getting an easterly breeze off the water.

Raptor Observations:
Still a few Broad-winged Hawks, Ospreys and vultures coming through.

Non-raptor Observations:
We've been monitoring a Green Tree Frog which has taken up residence in an open pipe nearby. It intermittently emits a call which is amplified by the pipe. It took us awhile to find the source of the call since the pipe is also close to the marsh. Good entertainment in the last slow days of the watch. :)

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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.