Date: 4/29/26 5:57 pm
From: <reports...>
Subject: [GeneseeBirds-L] Braddock Bay (29 Apr 2026) 68 Raptors
Braddock Bay
Rochester, New York, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 29, 2026
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 6 9
Turkey Vulture 8 19947 27763
Osprey 1 66 69
Bald Eagle 1 569 865
Northern Harrier 3 762 855
Sharp-shinned Hawk 51 6320 6517
Cooper's Hawk 0 99 203
American Goshawk 0 4 5
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 89 481
Broad-winged Hawk 4 28640 28640
Red-tailed Hawk 0 922 1359
Rough-legged Hawk 0 15 86
Golden Eagle 0 32 47
American Kestrel 0 659 793
Merlin 0 17 26
Peregrine Falcon 0 11 18
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: 68 58160 67738
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Observation start time: 06:00:00
Observation end time: 12:00:00
Total observation time: 5.25 hours

Official Counter: Maili Waters

Observers: Niki Banke, Tim Willis, Vid Killius

Visitors:
3


Weather:
Today was gloomy with overcast skies, light NE winds, and temps around 50F.
Rain started at 1pm and lasted for the rest of the day.

Raptor Observations:
Due to the weather there were only a few birds on the move today. By the
time the rain hit, a total of 68 birds had passed over. 51 of those birds
were Sharp-shinned Hawks. Just before the rain hit, 4 Broad-winged Hawks
went by.

Non-raptor Observations:
Lots of swallows over the bay!
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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
Count data submitted via Trektellen.org - Project info at:
https://trektellen.org/count/view/3868/20260429


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