FreeLists / bristol-birds / [Bristol-Birds] Red-tail nest with young on transmission tower

["Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>]

While afield with Randy Smith and Ron Harrington today (5/24) we saw a large 
Red-tailed Hawk's nest with two nearly-fledged nestlings.  An adult bird was 
perched on the tower near the nest.  It was seen to go to the nestlings.  The 
nest was located on the middle crossbar platform of a high tension electrical 
transmission tower.  The nest is maybe as much as a 70 to 90 feet above the 
ground.  The tower stands in a farm pasture near the Norfolk Southern Railway 
in the Wyndale section between Bristol and Abingdon in Washington County, Va.  
This is the first Red-tail nest I have seen on a transmission tower in this 
region. 
Let's go birding.......

Wallace Coffey
Bristol, TN 
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