Date: 4/23/25 5:07 am From: ROBERT SPAHN <rspahn...> Subject: [GeneseeBirds-L] BB Hawks
Just a quick heads up on the hawk migration for those without prior access to history.
In a summary of the BB Hawkwatch from 1977 to 2005, in half the years the peak day was between April 25 and 30.
There are several years with numbers over 20,000 in a day, with the peak April 27, 1987 at 34,818.
April 25, 1979 at Kendall Rd. and the Lake Ontario Parkway (easy to remember as the day my younger daughter was born),
there were an estimated 10,000 Broadwings plus other species with a big pinwheel overhead and another similar about half a mile west and a river of hawks between.
Good time to see the spectacle and weather looks pretty good. Already off to a great start in the past few days at the watch.
