Re: Fort Smallwood 3/24 - 3/29 1998
Gary A. Griffith (brdnsum@dpnet.net)
Wed, 01 Apr 98 07:03:15 PST
Subaru Sue,
Interesting numbers on Sunday. I was working in Rising Sun (Cecil County) along a ridge top, and had about a half hour to kill, so watched for hawks. The numbers follow. I figured Smallwood would be having a bang-up day. Hope to get down for a day soon.
3/29 0.5 hours Rising Sun, MD
TV 16
BV 31
BE 3
RT 22
RS 1
AK 1
The BV's meandered through all over the sky, but the RT's were in a distinct flight line, very high, and really making tracks.
Best Wishes
Gary A. Griffith (BrdNSum@dpnet.net)
The Hummingbird Society (www.hummingbird.org)
Elkton, Maryland
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> Fort Smallwood is located on the western edge of the
> Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Patapsco River,
> about 11 miles south of Baltimore, MD. All numbers
> are unofficial.
>
> Fort Smallwood 3/24-3/29 1998
>
> Yr
> 3/24 3/25 3/26 3/27 3/28 3/29 Tot
> HRS 6.5 5.8 8 8 8.7 6 156.4
>
> BV 23 12 27 4 4 4 214
> TV 391 116 152 315 174 73 2654
> OS 2 3 11 8 8 5 62
> BE 3 5 4 3 60
> NH 1 1 2 4 4 20
> SS 3 2 18 20 12 15 129
> CH 14 1 20 25 11 10 126
> RS 7 2 14 8 2 2 127
> RT 9 23 15 15 26 2 274
> AK 7 9 23 14 8 124
> PG 1 1
> U 1 2 8
>
> TOT 452 148 280 426 255 123 3801
>
> The bald eagle count is problematic. Due to a large
> wintering roost and nesting pairs in the vicinity,
> it is unclear how many are migrants, and this number
> is likely to be adjusted downward.
>
> Already this year, daily and seasonal records have been
> established for Black Vulture.
>
> Sue Ricciardi, compiler
> susie@idsonline.com