[TN-Bird] Fwd: Hawk Migra Info needed- Sharp's Ridge & Soddy Daisy Area

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In a message dated 8/24/2004 12:55:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time, JimmWilkerson 
writes: 
> Subj:Re: [TN-Bird] Hawk Migra Info needed- Sharp's Ridge &Soddy Daisy Area 
> Date:8/24/2004 12:55:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time
> From:JimmWilkerson
> To:
> 
> 
> 
> Soddy Mountain Hawk Watch
> near Soddy-Daisy, TN.
> Directions:
> 
> Coming from Nashville via I-24.  As you approach downtown Chattanooga exit 
> onto Hwy. 27.  (This is also a four lane divided hwy.)  In a couple miles you 
> will cross the Tennessee River, from this point travel for about 20 to 25 
> minutes.  As you cross Soddy Lake, a small body of water to your left and a 
> larger body of water to your right, prepare to get into the left lane.  Hwy. 
> 111 
> goes left up the mountain.  Take 111 to the top of the mountain.  Jones Gap 
> Road will be the first exit you come to.   *** There is construction in the 
> area now and who knows what it may look like later in September.***  The 
> ideal 
> thing to do would be to exit and turn left crossing the bridge overpass.  
> Currently you have to continue under the bridge while still on 111 and 
> proceed 
> for about 0.1 mile before turning right and backtracking to the bridge and 
> turning right to cross the bridge!  Now that you are thoroughly 
> confused...Drive 
> down Jones Gap, just under 2.0 miles, until you go through a series of "S" 
> curves.  In about 0.2 miles Jones Gap makes a sharp left as if actually 
> turning onto another street.  Go to the dead end and park.  The watch area is 
> just 
> up a small embankment.  Consult the Tennessee Gazetteer Page 25 B-4 for an 
> approximation.  There are no restroom facilities!!!   BRING BINOCULARS, A 
> CHAIR, WATER AND SOMETHING TO EAT!   
> 
> Hawk's migrate better when the watchers have plenty to eat.  I could get 
> onto another long winded tirade about all the "Scientific data" we have 
> amassed 
> while waiting for another Kettle in September!  Suffice to say Tuna fish 
> sandwiches seem to be the favorite with peanut butter and dill pickle 
> sandwiches 
> being the close second.  There is a secret to how the dill pickles are sliced 
> but we will only divulge this information once you have set foot onto the 
> hawk watch proper.  All the seasoned veterans believe unquestioningly: The 
> Hawk 
> Watch is hallowed ground!   But, we don't remove our shoes!
> 
> Broad-winged Hawk season runs from mid September and last for a short Two 
> and a half weeks or so.  By early October we seldom count over 3 to 5 per 
> day. 
> With most early October days seeing none.
> 
> Accipiter season is next as Sharp-shinned and Cooper's Hawks pass through in 
> Late September and October.
> 
> Red-tailed Hawks are next on the agenda for November!  Bill Haley the Hawk 
> Watch coordinator has often stated this is his favorite time of the year.
> 
> The watch is manned daily for about two weeks in September.  After that it 
> gets to be sporadic but someone tries to be there on the week ends until 
> early 
> December.
> 
> Broad-winged season is definitely the most spectacular, in my opinion, if 
> you are there on a day when there is good movement.  Pay attention to the 
> weather in mid September any cold front, either before or after, moving 
> through 
> the area brings promises of better Hawk migration conditions.  If we 
> experience 
> two or three days of rain, anxiety levels rise because we know when the 
> weather breaks, the flood gates open for the backed up Broadies!!!     Hawks 
> are 
> a lot like me, they don't like to work in the rain. They start work about 9 
> and are ready to knock off around 4.
> 
> It will be hard for me to endure the next three weeks.  I've gone and gotten 
> myself  overly excited already.
> 
> Jimmy Wilkerson
> Hixson/Chattanooga
> Hamilton, Co. TN.
> 
> 




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