Braddock Bay (16 May 2026) 1205 Raptors
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May 16, 2026, 9:21:03 PM (2 days ago) May 16
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Braddock Bay
Rochester, New York, USA
Visitors:
15
Weather:
Mostly sunny all morning with SW winds at 10-15mph and temps in the 50s. Cloud cover varied throughout the day, but it eventually completely clouded over just before the rain. Temps reached a high of 78F. Winds were SW all day at 10-20mph. A thunderstorm hit right at 3pm shutting down the flight.
Raptor Observations:
1,205 raptors passed over Braddock Bay today! Broad-winged Hawks (623), Turkey Vultures (398), and Bald Eagles (80) were the most abundant species. Sharp-shinned Hawks numbers are slowing down with only 41 on the move today. We had two species of falcon: 3 American Kestrels and 2 Peregrine Falcons. The highlight of the day was an adult Mississippi Kite seen briefly around 8:30am!!
Non-raptor Observations:
Lots of birds were on the move last night with a few new species for the year arriving. There was a Willow Flycatcher singing all morning, an Eastern Wood-Pewee flew by in the limited morning flight, and Lincoln�s Sparrows were foraging along the hedgerows. While there wasn�t a big morning flight of warblers, there were a decent number of American Pipits, Baltimore Orioles, and Indigo Buntings flying over.
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: May 16, 2026 | |||
| Species | Day's Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Black Vulture | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Turkey Vulture | 398 | 2374 | 30204 |
| Osprey | 17 | 61 | 132 |
| Bald Eagle | 80 | 411 | 1309 |
| Northern Harrier | 18 | 123 | 986 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 41 | 1307 | 7873 |
| Cooper's Hawk | 6 | 22 | 225 |
| American Goshawk | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | 0 | 0 | 481 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 623 | 8688 | 37440 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 16 | 167 | 1536 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 0 | 2 | 89 |
| Golden Eagle | 0 | 3 | 50 |
| American Kestrel | 3 | 31 | 825 |
| Merlin | 0 | 2 | 28 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 2 | 8 | 26 |
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Short-eared Owl | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Swallow-tailed Kite | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total: | 1205 | 13200 | 81221 |
| Observation start time: | 05:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 14:00:00 |
| Total observation time: | 9 hours |
| Official Counter | Maili Waters |
| Observers: | Brad Carlson, Bridget Watts, Daena Ford, Greg Sanda, Kevin Ebert , Luke Seitz, Mike Tetlow, Mitch Barry, Randy Ford, Shannon Sanda, Vid Killius |
Visitors:
15
Weather:
Mostly sunny all morning with SW winds at 10-15mph and temps in the 50s. Cloud cover varied throughout the day, but it eventually completely clouded over just before the rain. Temps reached a high of 78F. Winds were SW all day at 10-20mph. A thunderstorm hit right at 3pm shutting down the flight.
Raptor Observations:
1,205 raptors passed over Braddock Bay today! Broad-winged Hawks (623), Turkey Vultures (398), and Bald Eagles (80) were the most abundant species. Sharp-shinned Hawks numbers are slowing down with only 41 on the move today. We had two species of falcon: 3 American Kestrels and 2 Peregrine Falcons. The highlight of the day was an adult Mississippi Kite seen briefly around 8:30am!!
Non-raptor Observations:
Lots of birds were on the move last night with a few new species for the year arriving. There was a Willow Flycatcher singing all morning, an Eastern Wood-Pewee flew by in the limited morning flight, and Lincoln�s Sparrows were foraging along the hedgerows. While there wasn�t a big morning flight of warblers, there were a decent number of American Pipits, Baltimore Orioles, and Indigo Buntings flying over.
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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