Date: 3/10/25 7:00 pm
From: <reports...>
Subject: [GeneseeBirds-L] Braddock Bay (10 Mar 2025) 64 Raptors
Braddock Bay
Rochester, New York, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 10, 2025
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 47 80 80
Osprey 0 0 0
Bald Eagle 3 13 19
Northern Harrier 0 8 8
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 2 2
Cooper's Hawk 2 3 3
American Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 3 5 5
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0
Red-tailed Hawk 6 14 14
Rough-legged Hawk 2 6 6
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 0 0
Merlin 0 1 1
Peregrine Falcon 1 2 2
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: 64 134 140
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 7 hours

Official Counter: Maili Waters

Observers: Bridget Watts, Greg Sanda, Mike Tetlow

Visitors:
15


Weather:
The first warm sunny day of the season! Temps were in the high 40s with
west winds shifting to NNE in the afternoon.

Raptor Observations:
Started out slow with a few Turkey Vultures, Red-tailed Hawks, and a
Red-shouldered Hawk in the morning. At around quarter after 1 the lake
breeze had picked up quite a bit and we decided to move in to Frisbee hill.
There, the Vulture flight picked up totalling 40 individuals for the day.
We also saw two Rough-legged Hawks, one light morph and one dark morph. As
we were packing up to head home, a beautiful adult Peregrine Falcon flew
over treating us to one more species for the day.

Non-raptor Observations:
A great day for waterfowl on the bay. Northern Pintails were very abundant
both in the bay and as flocks flying over, totaling almost 800. Canada
Geese were also very abundant flyovers with over 4000 birds including at
least 7 Cackling Geese.

Predictions:
Sunny with some clouds, temps in the mid 50s. Winds WSW at 10-25mph with
some higher gusts. The wind will then shift to NW in the early afternoon.
The morning should produce a decent movement of birds but then fizzle out
in the afternoon.
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Report submitted by Maili Waters (<mailirwaters...>)
Braddock Bay information may be found at:
http://www.bbrr.org/


More site information at hawkcount.org: https://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=353


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