Braddock Bay (17 Mar 2026) 3 Raptors
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Mar 17, 2026, 8:20:41 PM (14 hours ago) Mar 17
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Braddock Bay
Rochester, New York, USA
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Today was an interesting day! Heavy snow squalls were mixed with partly sunny breaks throughout the day. The winds were very strong from the west at 25-35mph. Even when it wasn�t actually snowing, snow was almost constantly getting blown around, limiting visibility at times. Temps were in the low 20s all day.
Raptor Observations:
The count was conducted in bits and pieces around snow squalls. There were a total of 3 birds that decided to move today and two of them were Golden Eagles! Shortly after I got to the park in the morning, all the ducks and gulls in the bay took flight. I looked around to see what might have caused the disturbance, and sure enough there was an immature Golden Eagle! It chased a gull and flew down the creek before moving on. The other bird was a high flying adult that coasted over quickly in the strong west winds. The third bird of the day was a young Bald Eagle. A couple local birds made brief appearances throughout the day including two adult Bald Eagles, a Northern Harrier, and an American Kestrel hunting the marsh.
Non-raptor Observations:
Due to the weather I only did one quick scan of the bay. Duck numbers seem to continue in similar proportions. Gull numbers increased exponentially over night, with almost a thousand birds in the bay, mostly being Ring-billed Gulls.
Predictions:
Tomorrow�s weather: Mix of sun and clouds in the morning followed by cloudy skies in the afternoon. Temps will reach a high of 36F. Winds will be SSW at 5-10mph. With the SSW wind direction, I�m expecting some birds to be moving, however they are light winds and might be overpowered by the lake breeze in the late morning or afternoon.
Report submitted by Maili Waters (mailir...@gmail.com)
Braddock Bay information may be found at: http://www.bbrr.org/
More information at hawkcount.org: [Site Profile] [Day Summary] [Month Summary]
Count data submitted via Trektellen.org - [Project Details]
Rochester, New York, USA
| Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 17, 2026 | |||
| Species | Day's Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Black Vulture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Turkey Vulture | 0 | 1262 | 1262 |
| Osprey | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bald Eagle | 1 | 113 | 128 |
| Northern Harrier | 0 | 55 | 57 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 0 | 31 | 32 |
| Cooper's Hawk | 0 | 53 | 54 |
| American Goshawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | 0 | 213 | 213 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 0 | 187 | 195 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 0 | 58 | 65 |
| Golden Eagle | 2 | 9 | 9 |
| American Kestrel | 0 | 49 | 49 |
| Merlin | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 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 |
| Total: | 3 | 2040 | 2075 |
| Observation start time: | 08:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 15:00:00 |
| Total observation time: | 4.25 hours |
| Official Counter | Maili Waters |
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Visitors:
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Weather:
Today was an interesting day! Heavy snow squalls were mixed with partly sunny breaks throughout the day. The winds were very strong from the west at 25-35mph. Even when it wasn�t actually snowing, snow was almost constantly getting blown around, limiting visibility at times. Temps were in the low 20s all day.
Raptor Observations:
The count was conducted in bits and pieces around snow squalls. There were a total of 3 birds that decided to move today and two of them were Golden Eagles! Shortly after I got to the park in the morning, all the ducks and gulls in the bay took flight. I looked around to see what might have caused the disturbance, and sure enough there was an immature Golden Eagle! It chased a gull and flew down the creek before moving on. The other bird was a high flying adult that coasted over quickly in the strong west winds. The third bird of the day was a young Bald Eagle. A couple local birds made brief appearances throughout the day including two adult Bald Eagles, a Northern Harrier, and an American Kestrel hunting the marsh.
Non-raptor Observations:
Due to the weather I only did one quick scan of the bay. Duck numbers seem to continue in similar proportions. Gull numbers increased exponentially over night, with almost a thousand birds in the bay, mostly being Ring-billed Gulls.
Predictions:
Tomorrow�s weather: Mix of sun and clouds in the morning followed by cloudy skies in the afternoon. Temps will reach a high of 36F. Winds will be SSW at 5-10mph. With the SSW wind direction, I�m expecting some birds to be moving, however they are light winds and might be overpowered by the lake breeze in the late morning or afternoon.
Report submitted by Maili Waters (mailir...@gmail.com)
Braddock Bay information may be found at: http://www.bbrr.org/
More information at hawkcount.org: [Site Profile] [Day Summary] [Month Summary]
Count data submitted via Trektellen.org - [Project Details]
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