Braddock Bay (20 May 2026) 26 Raptors

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Braddock Bay
Rochester, New York, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: May 20, 2026
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	0	0	9
Turkey Vulture	20	3832	31662
Osprey	0	110	181
Bald Eagle	1	606	1504
Northern Harrier	1	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	4	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:	26	16971	84992

Observation start time:	08:00:00
Observation end time:	15:00:00
Total observation time:	7 hours
Official Counter	Maili Waters
Observers:

Visitors:
2

Weather:
Thick clouds in the morning broke up and it became partly sunny in the early afternoon. After a couple hours of partly sunny skies, thick clouds rolled back in. Winds were out of the NW at 10-20mph. Temps were in the high 50s.

Raptor Observations:
It was a very slow day for raptors. There were 20 Turkey Vultures, 4 Broad-winged Hawks, 1 Northern Harrier, and 1 Bald Eagle.

Non-raptor Observations:
lots of swallows were feeding over the bay today. There were no warblers singing in the hedgerow.

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Report submitted by Maili Waters (mailir...@gmail.com)
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