Braddock Bay (28 Aug 2025) 79 Raptors
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Aug 28, 2025, 5:50:31 PM (10 days ago) Aug 28
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Braddock Bay
Rochester, New York, USA
Visitors:
Suzie Syta-Gutierrez, Brian Rohrs, Dave Atwater
Weather:
Day began cool with strong SW winds and partly cloudy, growing cloudier as a big weather system approached from the west. The rain mostly passed just north of us, but around 1:20 as the edge of the front reached us, the wind swung around to the north and the temperature dropped, ending the flight.
Raptor Observations:
Not as many raptors moving through as we hoped for based on the SW winds, but enough to keep things interesting. Red-tails often seemed to be struggling to get lift in the wind and never established a steady line. A Peregrine Falcon that landed in a tree nearby before flying by, and a Northern Harrier who came across the marsh low and popped up in front of us gave good views.
Non-raptor Observations:
Predictions:
Not promising - cool with NW winds.
Report submitted by Bridget Watts (wattsb...@gmail.com)
Braddock Bay information may be found at: http://www.bbrr.org/
More information at hawkcount.org: [Site Profile] [Day Summary] [Month Summary]
Rochester, New York, USA
| Daily Raptor Counts: Aug 28, 2025 | |||
| Species | Day's Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Black Vulture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Turkey Vulture | 4 | 337 | 343 |
| Osprey | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| Bald Eagle | 1 | 242 | 268 |
| Northern Harrier | 1 | 17 | 17 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cooper's Hawk | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| American Goshawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | 0 | 9 | 10 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 4 | 644 | 646 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 68 | 2097 | 2132 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Golden Eagle | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American Kestrel | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Merlin | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 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 | 0 |
| Total: | 79 | 3374 | 3444 |
| Observation start time: | 09:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 13:30:00 |
| Total observation time: | 4.5 hours |
| Official Counter | Bridget Watts |
| Observers: | Anya Syta-Gutierrez, Cliff Dekdebrun, Dave Robertson, Mike Tetlow |
Visitors:
Suzie Syta-Gutierrez, Brian Rohrs, Dave Atwater
Weather:
Day began cool with strong SW winds and partly cloudy, growing cloudier as a big weather system approached from the west. The rain mostly passed just north of us, but around 1:20 as the edge of the front reached us, the wind swung around to the north and the temperature dropped, ending the flight.
Raptor Observations:
Not as many raptors moving through as we hoped for based on the SW winds, but enough to keep things interesting. Red-tails often seemed to be struggling to get lift in the wind and never established a steady line. A Peregrine Falcon that landed in a tree nearby before flying by, and a Northern Harrier who came across the marsh low and popped up in front of us gave good views.
Non-raptor Observations:
Predictions:
Not promising - cool with NW winds.
Report submitted by Bridget Watts (wattsb...@gmail.com)
Braddock Bay information may be found at: http://www.bbrr.org/
More information at hawkcount.org: [Site Profile] [Day Summary] [Month Summary]
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