Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours
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Weather: Very cold. Temps started in the teens and reached a high of 25F. Winds out of the WNW, shifting to north at ~10mph. Very sunny, hard to see anything in the blue sky. There was also very bad heat shimmer, making scoping almost impossible.
Raptor Observations: Between 10am and 12pm there were a few birds that decided to get up. There were a few local Red-tailed Hawks and Bald Eagles in the area, as well as 13 Red-tails and 7 Bald Eagles that moved through. There was also one light morph Rough-legged Hawks that was seen at a distance over the parkway.
Non-raptor Observations: The large flocks of Canada Geese continued to go back and forth between the bay and fields to the west. The heat shimmer was too bad to identify any ducks or gulls. There were two Common Grackles sitting in a tree SW of the platform.
Predictions: Cloudy in the morning with showers in the afternoon. High near 40F. Winds SSE at 5-10mph. The wind direction is favorable, however the rain might damper any potential movement. I'm hoping there might be some goose movement in the morning before the rain. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Maili Waters (<mailirwaters...>) Braddock Bay information may be found at: http://www.bbrr.org/
