Braddock Bay (29 May 2026) 195 Raptors

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Braddock Bay
Rochester, New York, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: May 29, 2026
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	0	0	9
Turkey Vulture	87	4223	32053
Osprey	1	126	197
Bald Eagle	11	722	1620
Northern Harrier	2	175	1038
Sharp-shinned Hawk	0	1369	7935
Cooper's Hawk	0	27	230
American Goshawk	0	0	5
Red-shouldered Hawk	0	0	481
Broad-winged Hawk	89	10918	39670
Red-tailed Hawk	5	256	1625
Rough-legged Hawk	0	2	89
Golden Eagle	0	3	50
American Kestrel	0	47	841
Merlin	0	6	32
Peregrine Falcon	0	15	33
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:	195	17890	85911

Observation start time:	08:00:00
Observation end time:	15:00:00
Total observation time:	6.5 hours
Official Counter	Maili Waters
Observers:	Bridget Watts, Greg Sanda, Mike Tetlow, Vid Killius

Visitors:
5

Weather:
There were clear skies in the morning, partially clouding over in the afternoon. Temps ranged from 64F to 73F. Winds were out of the west at 10-20mph.

Raptor Observations:
Today�s flight was light with small waves of birds coming through intermittently. The day tally was 195 with Turkey Vultures and Broad-winged Hawks being equally numerous. There were also 11 Bald Eagles, 5 Red-tailed Hawks, and 2 Northern Harriers.

Non-raptor Observations:
The gull numbers have dropped dramatically with only ~50 present today. 3 Sandhill Cranes were seen circling high up before disappearing into the blue.

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