Date: 4/4/25 6:37 pm
From: <reports...>
Subject: [GeneseeBirds-L] Braddock Bay (04 Apr 2025) 314 Raptors
Braddock Bay
Rochester, New York, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 04, 2025
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 282 5124 14701
Osprey 0 3 5
Bald Eagle 3 14 173
Northern Harrier 1 41 174
Sharp-shinned Hawk 6 180 378
Cooper's Hawk 2 9 110
American Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 10 349
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0
Red-tailed Hawk 19 96 361
Rough-legged Hawk 0 6 32
Golden Eagle 0 1 5
American Kestrel 0 53 112
Merlin 0 0 6
Peregrine Falcon 0 1 8
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: 314 5538 16414
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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: Janis George, Mike Tetlow, Shelly Rackovsky

Visitors:
10


Weather:
Mostly sunny with temps in the low 40s. NW wind at 10-15mph.

Raptor Observations:
A light movement of Turkey Vultures started around 10am. Mixed in with the
vultures were small numbers of Red-tailed Hawks, Sharp-shinned Hawks, and
Bald Eagles. One immature Red-shouldered Hawk was mixed in as well.

Non-raptor Observations:
A couple small flocks of Bonaparte's Gulls passed by throughout the day. In
the bay there were higher numbers of Lesser Scaup and lower numbers of
American Coot than yesterday. Mixed in with the scaup were 73 Redhead.

Predictions:
Tomorrow will be mostly rainy. High of 58F. Winds south at 15-25mph.
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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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