From the description, it sounds like a Red-tailed Hawk'd nest built in recent weeks. You might want to check the public library for a book title: "World of the Red-tailed Hawk" by Ronald Austing. See if they have Arthur Cleveland Bent's "Life Histories of North American Birds of Prey." I am fairly sure those are at the Bristol Public Library. Since they are moving into the new library you might have to wait a few days. Otherwise search online. Let's go birding.... Wallace Coffey Bristol, TN ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Carrier" <donc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Bristol-Birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 7:05 PM Subject: [Bristol-Birds] Any Web Resources for nest. > I've located a large nest in the forks of a shaggy-barked hickory. It's at > the top of a small ridge not particularly close to water (2 miles or so) I > don't know how to describe my impression of the size but maybe 20 inches > across. (Rough guess based on tree size) It's a new construction with a lot > of fresh twig and vine material in the base and the nest is not neatly > constructed. The center of the nest is lined in bright green, my guess is > moss. > > Does anyone know how I could research this nest? > > > > Don Carrier > Bristol, Tennessee > ************************************************* > BRISTOL BIRDS NET LIST > Bristol Birds Net Photo Gallery located at: > http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jwcoffeyy/album?.dir=/efd5 > > This is a regional birding list sponsored by the > Bristol Bird Club to facilitate communications > between birders and bird clubs of Southwest Virginia > and Northeast Tennessee. > -------------------------------------------------- > You are subscribed to Bristol-Birds. > To post to this mailing list, simply send an email > to: bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe, send > an email to bristol-birds-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > the one word 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. > -------------------------------------------------- > Wallace Coffey, Moderator > wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > (423)764-**** > ************************************************* BRISTOL BIRDS NET LIST Bristol Birds Net Photo Gallery located at: http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jwcoffeyy/album?.dir=/efd5 This is a regional birding list sponsored by the Bristol Bird Club to facilitate communications between birders and bird clubs of Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee. -------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to Bristol-Birds. To post to this mailing list, simply send an email to: bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe, send an email to bristol-birds-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the one word 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. -------------------------------------------------- Wallace Coffey, Moderator wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (423)764-****