Braddock Bay (20 Apr 2026) 78 Raptors

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Braddock Bay
Rochester, New York, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 20, 2026
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	0	6	9
Turkey Vulture	47	17599	25415
Osprey	0	31	34
Bald Eagle	9	308	604
Northern Harrier	6	597	690
Sharp-shinned Hawk	3	4168	4365
Cooper's Hawk	0	79	183
American Goshawk	0	3	4
Red-shouldered Hawk	0	85	477
Broad-winged Hawk	0	10704	10704
Red-tailed Hawk	10	756	1193
Rough-legged Hawk	0	11	82
Golden Eagle	1	17	32
American Kestrel	2	576	710
Merlin	0	11	20
Peregrine Falcon	0	9	16
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	1	1
Swallow-tailed Kite	0	1	1
Total:	78	34962	44540

Observation start time:	09:00:00
Observation end time:	14:00:00
Total observation time:	5 hours
Official Counter	Maili Waters
Observers:	Ben Barkley , Luke Seitz

Visitors:
2

Weather:
Another chilly day with temps in the mid-30s. Snow flurries in the morning with cloudy skies turning to mostly sunny skies in the afternoon. Winds were NW at 15-25mph.

Raptor Observations:
Not many migrating raptors today due to the cold temperatures and the northerly component to the winds. There were a total of 78 birds, the majority of which were Turkey Vultures. The highlight of the day was when an immature Golden Eagle flew right over the parking lot!

Non-raptor Observations:
Not many birds were around today. There was one Sandhill Crane that flew over multiple times, always heading in a different direction.

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Report submitted by Maili Waters (mailir...@gmail.com)
Braddock Bay information may be found at: http://www.bbrr.org/
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