Braddock Bay (30 Aug 2025) 10 Raptors
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Aug 30, 2025, 9:24:42 PM (7 days ago) Aug 30
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Braddock Bay
Rochester, New York, USA
Visitors:
Carol Dunn and Robin C. stopped to say hello.
Weather:
Quite cool with forecasted WNW winds only the first hour then NW through the count period. Mostly sunny with just a few pillow clouds.
Raptor Observations:
The day started with 10 Turkey Vultures moving over quickly to the southeast. However as the day progressed, one by one 8 TVs came back from behind and could be found out front with most scans. So we only netted 2 moving through. 2 local adult and 2 local juvenile Bald Eagles were seen on and off all day. The locals escorted a couple eagles and Red-tails to the SE making it clear which were moving on. 2 sub-adult Balds moved through. Single Red-tails were almost always in view but most were kiting and hunting so could not be counted.
Non-raptor Observations:
Staying until 3:00 EDT gave us our highlight Common Nighthawk! Barn and Tree Swallows were scattered in the skies all day and the Goldfinches continued.
Predictions:
Sunny and a bit warmer but NNW winds are forecast so birds will be up hunting again but likely only a couple migrants. A beautiful day to round out the season with fellow counters!
Report submitted by Mike Tetlow (mete...@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 30, 2025 | |||
| Species | Day's Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Black Vulture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Turkey Vulture | 2 | 343 | 349 |
| Osprey | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| Bald Eagle | 5 | 251 | 277 |
| Northern Harrier | 0 | 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 | 0 | 644 | 646 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 3 | 2108 | 2143 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Golden Eagle | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American Kestrel | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Merlin | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 0 | 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: | 10 | 3401 | 3471 |
| Observation start time: | 09:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 14:00:00 |
| Total observation time: | 5 hours |
| Official Counter | Mike Tetlow |
| Observers: | Niki Banke, Randy Cavazza |
Visitors:
Carol Dunn and Robin C. stopped to say hello.
Weather:
Quite cool with forecasted WNW winds only the first hour then NW through the count period. Mostly sunny with just a few pillow clouds.
Raptor Observations:
The day started with 10 Turkey Vultures moving over quickly to the southeast. However as the day progressed, one by one 8 TVs came back from behind and could be found out front with most scans. So we only netted 2 moving through. 2 local adult and 2 local juvenile Bald Eagles were seen on and off all day. The locals escorted a couple eagles and Red-tails to the SE making it clear which were moving on. 2 sub-adult Balds moved through. Single Red-tails were almost always in view but most were kiting and hunting so could not be counted.
Non-raptor Observations:
Staying until 3:00 EDT gave us our highlight Common Nighthawk! Barn and Tree Swallows were scattered in the skies all day and the Goldfinches continued.
Predictions:
Sunny and a bit warmer but NNW winds are forecast so birds will be up hunting again but likely only a couple migrants. A beautiful day to round out the season with fellow counters!
Report submitted by Mike Tetlow (mete...@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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