Fort Smallwood Park (07 Mar 2023) 151 Raptors

[SUE RICCIARDI]

Fort Smallwood Park
Pasadena, Maryland, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 07, 2023
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	0	18	19
Turkey Vulture	131	446	997
Osprey	2	6	6
Bald Eagle	0	7	7
Northern Harrier	0	0	0
Sharp-shinned Hawk	6	9	13
Cooper's Hawk	2	2	2
Northern Goshawk	0	0	0
Red-shouldered Hawk	7	13	19
Broad-winged Hawk	0	0	0
Red-tailed Hawk	0	6	11
Rough-legged Hawk	0	0	0
Golden Eagle	0	0	0
American Kestrel	3	5	5
Merlin	0	0	0
Peregrine Falcon	0	0	0
Unknown Accipiter	0	0	0
Unknown Buteo	0	0	1
Unknown Falcon	0	0	0
Unknown Eagle	0	0	0
Unknown Raptor	0	0	0
Total:	151	512	1080

Observation start time:	10:00 am
Observation end time:	2:30 pm
Total observation time:	4.5 hours
Official Counter	Sue Ricciardi
Observers:	Alan Young, Chris Reed, Ralph Geuder, Sue Young

Weather:
Sunny; 44-53 degrees; good to excellent visibility; winds northwesterly and strong 12-22 mph gusting to 31 mph

Raptor Observations:
Decent flight today with six species. The two Ospreys observed today were displaying courtship behavior. One was later seen on a nesting platform along the shoreline and the other was flying about nearby. It may be the pair which arrived early last year and successfully raised young on one of the two platforms.

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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.