FreeLists / bristol-birds / [Bristol-Birds] Re: merlin at kingsport (update)

["Rick Phillips" <sunfish0501@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Michelle,

If you are coming down 11w from Bristol/Blountville.  The location for the 
Red-shouldered Hawks first:  as you are coming down 11W (Stone Drive in 
Kingsport) just after you pass Lowe's on your left you need to get in or be in 
the leftmost lane; as you pass under the Wilcox drive overpass you will see a 
redlight; turn left here onto American Way.  Go to the end of this little road 
and you will find a small parking lot.  This is the area where I see the hawks 
most often (although since last year they are not there every time you go 
there, early morning just after sunrise is best time).  

Merlins:
Oak Hill Cemetery:  come down 11W from Bristol/Blountville and down Stone Drive 
until you see a Putt-Putt mini golf course on your right.  Pass this and then 
turn right onto Truxton Drive (this will be the third road you come to after 
passing Putt-Putt and immediately before the exit for Hwy 36 (Lynn Garden 
Drive)). The entrance for the cemetery will be probably less than a mile on 
your right.  Enter thru the cemetery gates and take the first left toward the 
north side of the cemetery.  Look in the tops of tall conifers back to the 
south as you drive along that road.  Sometimes in the morning. Almost always in 
the late afternoon just before dark.

Email me if you need better directions.

Rick Phillips
Kingsport, Tennessee

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Michelle Brown 
  To: sunfish0501@xxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 12:13 PM
  Subject: Re: [Bristol-Birds] merlin at kingsport (update)


  Rick, 
  Would you mind sending out some driving directions to the Oak Hill Cemetary?  
The name is familiar but I am not sure of the location.

  Also the location where you found the Red-shouldered Hawk eating cat chow?  
Would love to catch a glimpse of this individual dining on cat food;-)

  Thanks,
  Michelle King
  Blountville, TN
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Rick Phillips 
    To: bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
    Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 11:50 AM
    Subject: [Bristol-Birds] merlin at kingsport (update)


    One Merlin was present at Oak Hill Cemetery at around 8:00 am this morning 
(Jan 16).  I believe the very best time to see the birds is around 4:30 pm 
until dusk, when they are usually found perched in the tops of tall Spruce 
trees on the north side of the cemetery.

    Rick Phillips
    Kingsport, Tennessee