Jun 17, 2016
Braddock Bay fans often enter into the month of May lamenting that the hawkwatching season has past its peak, and it’s all downhill in terms of raptor migration at least. It doesn’t help that our eyes are easily turned to the colorful menagerie of warblers and other...
Mar 31, 2016
Each spring, BBRR volunteers survey the Owl Woods for roosting owls that are utilizing the area as a stop over during migration. Information gained from this survey helps is used to monitor the habitat usage by the owls, and in turn helps us to manage and protect the...
Mar 23, 2016
Photo above: Red-tailed Hawk, by Wayne Sheeler Third week of March 2016, by Barbara French Report from Main Station: We love south and southwest winds for hawks. Nothing is better for bringing them right along the lakeshore and right over the banding station, but be...
Mar 18, 2016
Second Week of March 2016, by Barb French Last year, Susie Cotsworth and I opened Main Blind in the Owl Woods late in March – and we had to dig out a trench in the snow to run lines to the traps. We froze nearly to death on many of those early days! A frozen lake and...
Mar 13, 2016
The 39th annual spring hawk count is off and running with new( to Braddock Bay) counter Ryan MacLean. While early March tends to be cold and miserable here in the Rochester area, we were certainly treated to an amazingly warm day on Wednesday, March 9. Not only were... 
