Fort Smallwood Park (14 Mar 2026) 533 Raptors

[SUE RICCIARDI]

Fort Smallwood Park

Pasadena, Maryland, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 14, 2026
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	2	26	26
Turkey Vulture	526	2186	2229
Osprey	3	17	17
Bald Eagle	1	4	4
Northern Harrier	0	0	0
Sharp-shinned Hawk	0	9	9
Cooper's Hawk	0	22	22
American Goshawk	0	0	0
Red-shouldered Hawk	1	196	197
Broad-winged Hawk	0	0	0
Red-tailed Hawk	0	13	13
Rough-legged Hawk	0	0	0
Golden Eagle	0	0	0
American Kestrel	0	0	0
Merlin	0	1	1
Peregrine Falcon	0	0	0
Unknown Accipitrine	0	1	1
Unknown Buteo	0	1	1
Unknown Falcon	0	0	0
Unknown Eagle	0	0	0
Unknown Raptor	0	0	0
Total:	533	2476	2520

Observation start time:	8:30 am Daylight Time
Observation end time:	4:00 pm
Total observation time:	7.5 hours
Official Counter	Chris Reed, Lynn Davidson
Observers:	Hal Wierenga, Lynn Davidson, Sue Ricciardi

Visitors: Mike

Weather:
Partly to mostly cloudy; 49-56 degrees; good visibility; winds strong out of the west sometimes with a NW component 13-21 mph gusting to 32 mph

Raptor Observations:
Definitely a Turkey Vulture day. Seems like there should have been more species based on the strength of the vulture flight.

Non-raptor Observations: 12 Tree Swallows

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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.