Braddock Bay (22 May 2026) 7 Raptors

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Braddock Bay
Rochester, New York, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: May 22, 2026
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	0	0	9
Turkey Vulture	7	3842	31672
Osprey	0	110	181
Bald Eagle	0	606	1504
Northern Harrier	0	171	1034
Sharp-shinned Hawk	0	1363	7929
Cooper's Hawk	0	26	229
American Goshawk	0	0	5
Red-shouldered Hawk	0	0	481
Broad-winged Hawk	0	10571	39323
Red-tailed Hawk	0	219	1588
Rough-legged Hawk	0	2	89
Golden Eagle	0	3	50
American Kestrel	0	47	841
Merlin	0	6	32
Peregrine Falcon	0	14	32
Unknown Accipitrine	0	0	0
Unknown Buteo	0	0	0
Unknown Falcon	0	0	0
Unknown Eagle	0	0	0
Unknown Raptor	0	0	0
Mississippi Kite	0	1	1
Short-eared Owl	0	0	1
Swallow-tailed Kite	0	0	1
Total:	7	16981	85002

Observation start time:	08:00:00
Observation end time:	14:00:00
Total observation time:	6 hours
Official Counter	Maili Waters
Observers:	Vid Killius

Visitors:
1

Weather:
Mostly cloudy with temps in the low 50s and NE winds at 10-15mph.

Raptor Observations:
Another day of subpar winds resulted in only 7 birds (all Turkey Vultures) passing by the platform. The local pair of Ospreys were feeding over the bay and an adult Bald Eagle was sitting in a tree.

Non-raptor Observations:
One Common Raven was seen flying by while being chased by Red-winged Blackbirds.

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Report submitted by Maili Waters (mailir...@gmail.com)
Braddock Bay information may be found at: http://www.bbrr.org/
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