Braddock Bay Bird Observatory

10/14/2026

BBBO’s fall owl project is underway!

10/11/2026

10/08/2026

These birds are both creamy white, soft gray, and pale yellow . . . but they look so different!

This White-eyed Vireo (left) and this Golden-winged Warbler (right) were both banded at Braddock Bay Bird Observatory today. Both stunning beauties, and unusual captures for us!

📸 photos by Andrea Patterson

All birds handled by trained personnel operating under appropriate federal and state permits.

09/25/2026

Hanging out at Seneca Park Zoo for their W**e for Wildlife event. While most of the proceeds benefit the zoo, they will also be making a donation to BBBO to support our programming! Fulkerson W**ery is an old favorite, and Ria’s W**es is a new one! Buy local, support our Finger Lakes W**eries, and raise a glass to the birds!

09/09/2026

A retired ba**er gifted us a box of nets, and check out what we found. Definitely an unusual net!

09/04/2026

We caught some mighty big feet today! Any guesses?

08/18/2026

The Fall 2026 season is up and running, and our first bird was a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher.

Weather permitting, we’ll be open every day through the end of October, so stop in and say hello.

📷 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. All birds handled by trained personnel operating under appropriate federal and state permits.

08/14/2026

We are due to start our fall banding season on August 15, but we are delaying our opening until Tuesday the 18th. Our director is in Sedona, where she is taking a workshop on hummingbird banding!

📷 Rufous Hummingbird, adult female. Photo by Andrea Patterson.

All birds handled by trained personnel operating under appropriate federal and state permits.

08/10/2026

What would happen if a captive-born owl with no survival skills tried to make it on his
own in New York City? In WILD INSIDE, we discover the answer is more incredible, and more consequential, than we could have ever imagined.

Join us at for a special screening of WILD INSIDE, directed by Penny Lane. Braddock Bay Bird Observatory will be there during the Thursday screening, and we'll hope you'll join us!

🦉 Thursday August 13 at 7PM
🦉 Saturday August 15 at 3PM

Tickets are going fast, so grab yours now! www.flacodocumentary.com

https://flacodocumentary.com/trailer

08/08/2026

Don’t miss WILD INSIDE 🦉, showing at on Thursday August 13 at 7PM and Saturday August 15th at 3PM!

Wild Inside is the new documentary by Penny Lane, about an owl named Flaco who escapes the Central Park Zoo and sets off on a magical adventure through the island of Manhattan. We’ll be there with information about our organization during the Thursday showing. Showtimes and tickets at FlacoDocumentary.com.