Soddy Mountain Hawk Lookout near Soddy Daisy, TN Hamilton Co. For anyone on a Hawk Watch things can always be better from the stand point of weather, cloud cover or number of Raptors seen. That has been the case in triplicate at our watch during week one and week two! Week 2 totals began on Monday 9-27 and ended on Sunday 9-23. The following are week to date, column 1 and year to date column 2. 459 Broad-winged Hawks Y-T-D: 611 2 Sharp-shinned Hawks 3 5 Cooper's Hawks 6 4 Bald Eagles 5 3 Osprey 3 2 Northern Harriers 2 1 Peregrine Falcon 1 1 Unidentified Buteo 1 Week two's largest count day was 261 Broadwings on Monday 9-27. Our totals are usually between 3 and 5 thousand by this stage of the count. In the past we have still had some large count days during week three. Our fingers are crossed for better results next week! Counter-Contributors were: Bill Haley, Jimmy and Cynthia Wilkerson, Harold Burch, Clay Seneker, Bill Holt, Dianne and Bryan Marr, Joy Boggus, John Kuehnel, Richard Scheirer, Lamar Eddings, Father and son Jackson from Norcross, GA (Jackson is doing a 3rd grade paper on Hawks and came to Chattanooga for research), Charles and Dreama Dean, John Devron, Ruth Ann Henry, and Bob Steffey from Knoxville. Our heart felt THANKS to everyone!!! We have had 12 partial days coverage and a total of 66.0 hours on the lookout so far. Jimmy Wilkerson Hixson/Chattanooga, TN Hamilton Co. =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ EXCELLENT MAP RESOURCES Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________