Fort Smallwood Park (06 Jun 2025) 1 Raptors

[SUE RICCIARDI]

Fort Smallwood Park

Pasadena, Maryland, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: Jun 06, 2025
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	0	8	325
Turkey Vulture	1	37	9208
Osprey	0	5	390
Bald Eagle	0	8	141
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	0	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:	1	85	12764

Observation start time:	9:00 am
Observation end time:	2:30 pm Daylight Time
Total observation time:	5.5 hours
Official Counter	Chris Reed
Observers:	Cindy Godwin, Steve Steimel, Sue Ricciardi

Weather:
Partly cloudy with some persistent fog; 76-86 degrees; poor to fair visibility; winds light and variable, sometimes with a southerly component.

Raptor Observations:
One Turkey Vulture on likely the last day of the count.

Non-raptor Observations:
The biggest sighting of the day was a Roseate Spoonbill! A new species for the Park. Seen by a group on a bird walk as well as by one of our observers, it circled the pond, briefly sat in a tree and then flew north. 

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Report submitted by Sue Ricciardi (susi...@comcast.net)
More information at hawkcount.org: [Site Profile] [Day Summary] [Month Summary]

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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.