Braddock Bay (08 May 2026) 282 Raptors
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May 8, 2026, 7:21:42 PM (9 days ago) May 8
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Braddock Bay
Rochester, New York, USA
Visitors:
1
Weather:
Rain overnight lasted until around 9:30am. It became mostly sunny with some scattered puffy clouds. Temps ranged from 46F to 53F. Winds started off as NW, but the lake breeze started up around 1pm shifting the wind to NE.
Raptor Observations:
Today was another very high flight with birds literally popping in and out of clouds. There were a total of 282 raptors today. Most were Broad-winged Hawks with some Turkey Vultures and Bald Eagles mixed in. While scoping Broad-wings going in and out of the clouds I would come across Sharp-shinned Hawks so high they were only visible with the scope! Makes me wonder how many were actually up there
Non-raptor Observations:
There were a minimum of 15 White-crowned Sparrows feeding at the seed! Bobolinks and Eastern Meadowlarks were singing all morning.
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: May 08, 2026 | |||
| Species | Day's Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Black Vulture | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Turkey Vulture | 62 | 1227 | 29057 |
| Osprey | 1 | 18 | 89 |
| Bald Eagle | 24 | 199 | 1097 |
| Northern Harrier | 4 | 61 | 924 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 19 | 975 | 7541 |
| Cooper's Hawk | 0 | 5 | 208 |
| American Goshawk | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | 0 | 0 | 481 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 165 | 6485 | 35237 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 7 | 102 | 1471 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 87 |
| Golden Eagle | 0 | 2 | 49 |
| American Kestrel | 0 | 15 | 809 |
| Merlin | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 0 | 3 | 21 |
| 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 |
| Short-eared Owl | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Swallow-tailed Kite | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total: | 282 | 9092 | 77113 |
| Observation start time: | 09:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 15:00:00 |
| Total observation time: | 6 hours |
| Official Counter | Maili Waters |
| Observers: | Vid Killius |
Visitors:
1
Weather:
Rain overnight lasted until around 9:30am. It became mostly sunny with some scattered puffy clouds. Temps ranged from 46F to 53F. Winds started off as NW, but the lake breeze started up around 1pm shifting the wind to NE.
Raptor Observations:
Today was another very high flight with birds literally popping in and out of clouds. There were a total of 282 raptors today. Most were Broad-winged Hawks with some Turkey Vultures and Bald Eagles mixed in. While scoping Broad-wings going in and out of the clouds I would come across Sharp-shinned Hawks so high they were only visible with the scope! Makes me wonder how many were actually up there
Non-raptor Observations:
There were a minimum of 15 White-crowned Sparrows feeding at the seed! Bobolinks and Eastern Meadowlarks were singing all morning.
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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