Date: 5/15/26 10:15 pm From: 'Dan Young' via Geneseebirds <geneseebirds-l...> Subject: Re: [GeneseeBirds-L] Braddock Bay (15 May 2026) 169 Raptors
if somebody wishes to elaborate to me, a casual visitor, the details of the reputed swallow tail kite sighting I would be most grateful.
I live similarly positioned as your Braddock's watch, on the lake some sixty miles east at Chimney Bluffs and East Bay and would likely tumble off the bluffs where I to catch sight of a Swallow tail Kite.
Dan
| Observation start time: | 07:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 15:00:00 |
| Total observation time: | 8 hours |
| Official Counter | Maili Waters |
| Observers: | Bridget Watts, Vid Killius |
Visitors:
4
Weather:
Nearly cloudless skies to start, slowly clouding over to become mostlycloudy in the afternoon. temps in the low 50s to start reaching a high of68F. West winds at 10-15mph.
Raptor Observations:
A relatively slow day for raptors, however it was a beautiful day to be outon the platform! There were a total of 169 raptors today which officiallyputs us over 80,000 birds for the season! There are two more weeks left,let�s see how many more we can find! Turkey Vultures (118) and Broad-wingedHawks (27) were the most numerous species today. A handful of other specieswere seen including 9 Bald Eagles, 5 Osprey, and 3 Sharp-shinned Hawks.There were also two different Peregrine Falcons that passed over!
Non-raptor Observations:
Nothing too out of the ordinary was seen today. There were a few warblerspecies by the parking lot including Palm and Nashville. Half a dozenCaspian Terns were foraging over the bay.
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