Braddock Bay (14 Mar 2026) 8 Raptors
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Mar 14, 2026, 8:16:20 PM (4 days ago) Mar 14
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Braddock Bay
Rochester, New York, USA
Visitors:
2
Weather:
Today was windy! Winds were out of the west at 25-35mph with stronger gusts. There was some snow early in the morning but it stopped around 8am. Temps were in the low 30s all day, but with the wind chill it felt much colder! Cloudy in the morning, becoming partly sunny in the afternoon.
Raptor Observations:
I spent 45 minutes in the morning at the park just to see what the weather was doing. It was way too windy and overcast for any raptors to migrate, so I went home until the sun started to break through around 12:30pm. As the cloud cover broke up, I was surprised to see a couple high flying migrants going over, one Bald Eagle and one Red-tailed Hawk. Over the next hour there were a couple Turkey Vultures, another Bald Eagle, and a Cooper�s Hawk.
Non-raptor Observations:
Other birds included a flock of Tundra Swans, a couple Killdeer on the lawn, and a small flock of Snow Geese.
Predictions:
Tomorrow�s weather: Snow in the morning will taper off during the afternoon, but it will remain cloudy with increasing winds. Winds out of the ESE at 20-30mph. High around 50F. With the strong ESE winds and overcast skies, I am not expecting much, if anything, to move. Looking further ahead, Monday will have favorable SW winds, however it will be very strong and there will be some rain with overcast skies all day. I am not expecting much migration. Tuesday will be windy and cloudy again, with a few snow flurries possible. The winds will be out of the west at 25-35mph. Again, not ideal conditions for raptor migration.
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 14, 2026 | |||
| Species | Day's Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Black Vulture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Turkey Vulture | 3 | 378 | 378 |
| Osprey | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bald Eagle | 2 | 71 | 86 |
| Northern Harrier | 0 | 34 | 36 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 0 | 30 | 31 |
| Cooper's Hawk | 1 | 16 | 17 |
| American Goshawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | 0 | 188 | 188 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 2 | 154 | 162 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 0 | 56 | 63 |
| Golden Eagle | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| American Kestrel | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Merlin | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 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: | 8 | 956 | 991 |
| Observation start time: | 09:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 14:00:00 |
| Total observation time: | 3.25 hours |
| Official Counter | Maili Waters |
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Visitors:
2
Weather:
Today was windy! Winds were out of the west at 25-35mph with stronger gusts. There was some snow early in the morning but it stopped around 8am. Temps were in the low 30s all day, but with the wind chill it felt much colder! Cloudy in the morning, becoming partly sunny in the afternoon.
Raptor Observations:
I spent 45 minutes in the morning at the park just to see what the weather was doing. It was way too windy and overcast for any raptors to migrate, so I went home until the sun started to break through around 12:30pm. As the cloud cover broke up, I was surprised to see a couple high flying migrants going over, one Bald Eagle and one Red-tailed Hawk. Over the next hour there were a couple Turkey Vultures, another Bald Eagle, and a Cooper�s Hawk.
Non-raptor Observations:
Other birds included a flock of Tundra Swans, a couple Killdeer on the lawn, and a small flock of Snow Geese.
Predictions:
Tomorrow�s weather: Snow in the morning will taper off during the afternoon, but it will remain cloudy with increasing winds. Winds out of the ESE at 20-30mph. High around 50F. With the strong ESE winds and overcast skies, I am not expecting much, if anything, to move. Looking further ahead, Monday will have favorable SW winds, however it will be very strong and there will be some rain with overcast skies all day. I am not expecting much migration. Tuesday will be windy and cloudy again, with a few snow flurries possible. The winds will be out of the west at 25-35mph. Again, not ideal conditions for raptor migration.
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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