Braddock Bay (16 Mar 2026) 1005 Raptors
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Mar 16, 2026, 6:58:50 PM (2 days ago) Mar 16
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Braddock Bay
Rochester, New York, USA
Visitors:
20
Weather:
What a day! Today is a great example of how unpredictable the weather forecast can be! The predicted rain that was supposed to hit in the afternoon fizzled out completely, allowing for more migration than anticipated. The morning started off partly sunny with temps in the high 50s and SSE winds at 15-20mph. A cold front came through around 12:30pm, shifting the winds to WSW and increasing speed to 25-35mph. Temps reached a high of 65F just before the front hit, then quickly dropped into the high 40s. It was partly sunny all morning, but thick cloud cover moved in with the front.
Raptor Observations:
First 1,000 bird day of the season! Today was a great day with 1,005 birds migrating over Braddock Bay. The vast majority were Turkey Vultures with a total of 839 birds. Red-tailed Hawks, Cooper�s Hawks, and American Kestrels all had day totals right around 30. The two highlight birds of the day were Rough-legged Hawk and Golden Eagle!
Non-raptor Observations:
Other birds around today include many American Robins, Red-winged Blackbirds, and Common Grackles. Earlier in the morning there were a decent number of Rusty Blackbirds moving through with the other blackbirds. Duck numbers on the bay continue to fluctuate a little day to day. Today, in addition to the continuing numbers of Gadwall and American Wigeon there were over 70 Canvasbacks, over a dozen Northern Shovelers, and 4 Blue-winged Teal.
Predictions:
Tomorrow�s weather: Cloudy and windy with on and off snow showers during the morning. Winds will be west at 20-30mph with stronger gusts possible. Temps will reach a high of 26F. With the predicted snow wind strength, and cloudy skies, I don�t think there will be much, if anything, moving tomorrow. Wednesday has winds from the SSW, but they will be light at only 5-10mph. I bet there will be some migrants, however the lake breeze could overtake the southerly winds, shifting any birds that are migrating further inland.
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 16, 2026 | |||
| Species | Day's Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Black Vulture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Turkey Vulture | 839 | 1262 | 1262 |
| Osprey | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bald Eagle | 27 | 112 | 127 |
| Northern Harrier | 17 | 55 | 57 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 1 | 31 | 32 |
| Cooper's Hawk | 33 | 53 | 54 |
| American Goshawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | 25 | 213 | 213 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 32 | 187 | 195 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 1 | 58 | 65 |
| Golden Eagle | 1 | 7 | 7 |
| American Kestrel | 29 | 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: | 1005 | 2037 | 2072 |
| Observation start time: | 07:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 14:00:00 |
| Total observation time: | 7 hours |
| Official Counter | Maili Waters |
| Observers: | Bridget Watts, Mike Tetlow, Pat Lindsay, Shannon Sanda, Shelly Rackovsky, Sheryl Gracewski, Vid Killius |
Visitors:
20
Weather:
What a day! Today is a great example of how unpredictable the weather forecast can be! The predicted rain that was supposed to hit in the afternoon fizzled out completely, allowing for more migration than anticipated. The morning started off partly sunny with temps in the high 50s and SSE winds at 15-20mph. A cold front came through around 12:30pm, shifting the winds to WSW and increasing speed to 25-35mph. Temps reached a high of 65F just before the front hit, then quickly dropped into the high 40s. It was partly sunny all morning, but thick cloud cover moved in with the front.
Raptor Observations:
First 1,000 bird day of the season! Today was a great day with 1,005 birds migrating over Braddock Bay. The vast majority were Turkey Vultures with a total of 839 birds. Red-tailed Hawks, Cooper�s Hawks, and American Kestrels all had day totals right around 30. The two highlight birds of the day were Rough-legged Hawk and Golden Eagle!
Non-raptor Observations:
Other birds around today include many American Robins, Red-winged Blackbirds, and Common Grackles. Earlier in the morning there were a decent number of Rusty Blackbirds moving through with the other blackbirds. Duck numbers on the bay continue to fluctuate a little day to day. Today, in addition to the continuing numbers of Gadwall and American Wigeon there were over 70 Canvasbacks, over a dozen Northern Shovelers, and 4 Blue-winged Teal.
Predictions:
Tomorrow�s weather: Cloudy and windy with on and off snow showers during the morning. Winds will be west at 20-30mph with stronger gusts possible. Temps will reach a high of 26F. With the predicted snow wind strength, and cloudy skies, I don�t think there will be much, if anything, moving tomorrow. Wednesday has winds from the SSW, but they will be light at only 5-10mph. I bet there will be some migrants, however the lake breeze could overtake the southerly winds, shifting any birds that are migrating further inland.
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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