[TN-Bird] Red-shouldered hawks in south Knoxville

From: "Craig Walker" <cwalker@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 10:39:33 -0500
A few minutes ago I drove by Mary Vestal Park on Blount Avenue in
Knoxville. I noticed a red-shouldered hawk fly up from the ball field
onto the chain link fence. It perched there facing the road and appeared
not to care that I was practically stopped in the road watching it. I
pulled into the parking lot to avoid getting rear-ended and as I was
watching the bird calmly observe passing traffic, I noticed another
red-shouldered on the fence on the opposite side of the field. When I
returned about 15 minutes later they were both still there on the fences
opposite each other, but the first bird was now facing the field. The
bird on the far side dropped down onto the grass and back up to the
fence but didn't have any prey. I watched them for about ten minutes
from the church parking lot across the street. Gotta love urban
wildlife. This is an area that has been torn up for sewer line
construction for months now. It looks like they're mostly done but heavy
equipment still passes right by within less than 50 feet of the fence
closest to the road. They were still there when I left.

Craig Walker
Knoxville, TN

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