Fort Smallwood Park (26 Mar 2025) 237 Raptors

[SUE RICCIARDI]

Fort Smallwood Park

Pasadena, Maryland, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 26, 2025
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	9	91	93
Turkey Vulture	202	3174	3322
Osprey	15	114	114
Bald Eagle	1	36	38
Northern Harrier	0	2	2
Sharp-shinned Hawk	1	26	26
Cooper's Hawk	2	53	53
American Goshawk	0	0	0
Red-shouldered Hawk	1	72	76
Broad-winged Hawk	0	0	0
Red-tailed Hawk	0	29	41
Rough-legged Hawk	0	0	0
Golden Eagle	0	0	0
American Kestrel	1	17	17
Merlin	2	4	4
Peregrine Falcon	0	0	0
Unknown Accipitrine	1	1	1
Unknown Buteo	1	5	5
Unknown Falcon	1	2	2
Unknown Eagle	0	0	0
Unknown Raptor	0	2	2
Total:	237	3628	3796

Observation start time:	8:45 am
Observation end time:	3:00 pm  Daylight Time
Total observation time:	6.25 hours
Official Counter	Chris Reed, Sue Ricciardi
Observers:	Chris Reed, Jenny Isaacs, Ralph Geuder, Steve Steimel, Sue Ricciardi

Visitors: Mary Lou Clark

Weather:
Partly cloudy with plenty of cumulus clouds; 47-52 degrees; good to excellent visibility; winds strong and westerly, often with a NW component, 7-24 mph gusting to 41 mph

Raptor Observations:  Two Merlins in the last hour.

Non-raptor Observations:  First Purple Martins 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.

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