Braddock Bay (15 May 2026) 169 Raptors

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Braddock Bay
Rochester, New York, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: May 15, 2026
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	0	0	9
Turkey Vulture	118	1976	29806
Osprey	5	44	115
Bald Eagle	9	331	1229
Northern Harrier	2	105	968
Sharp-shinned Hawk	3	1266	7832
Cooper's Hawk	0	16	219
American Goshawk	0	0	5
Red-shouldered Hawk	0	0	481
Broad-winged Hawk	27	8065	36817
Red-tailed Hawk	2	151	1520
Rough-legged Hawk	0	2	89
Golden Eagle	0	3	50
American Kestrel	1	28	822
Merlin	0	2	28
Peregrine Falcon	2	6	24
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:	169	11995	80016

Observation start time:	07:00:00
Observation end time:	15:00:00
Total observation time:	8 hours
Official Counter	Maili Waters
Observers:	Bridget Watts, Vid Killius

Visitors:
4

Weather:
Nearly cloudless skies to start, slowly clouding over to become mostly cloudy in the afternoon. temps in the low 50s to start reaching a high of 68F. West winds at 10-15mph.

Raptor Observations:
A relatively slow day for raptors, however it was a beautiful day to be out on the platform! There were a total of 169 raptors today which officially puts us over 80,000 birds for the season! There are two more weeks left, let�s see how many more we can find! Turkey Vultures (118) and Broad-winged Hawks (27) were the most numerous species today. A handful of other species were seen including 9 Bald Eagles, 5 Osprey, and 3 Sharp-shinned Hawks. There were also two different Peregrine Falcons that passed over!

Non-raptor Observations:
Nothing too out of the ordinary was seen today. There were a few warbler species by the parking lot including Palm and Nashville. Half a dozen Caspian Terns were foraging over the bay.

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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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[Dan Young]

if somebody wishes to elaborate to me, a casual visitor, the details of the reputed swallow tail kite sighting I would be most grateful.
I live similarly positioned as your Braddock's watch, on the lake some sixty miles east at Chimney Bluffs and East Bay and would likely tumble off the bluffs where I to catch sight  of  a Swallow tail Kite.
Dan

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