I was back at Oak Hill Cemetery this morning to see if I could gather more definite evidence on the possible Cooper's Hawk Nest I reported on yesterday. Got there around 8:30am. Around 9:00am I heard a soft cackle and looked towards the nest to see mamma Coop sitting on the nest. She began to busy herself with arranging sticks more to her liking and was engaged in that activity for a least thirty minutes. Around that time dad flew silently by and she gave a short cackle and flew off after him. Nice to see these birds nesting in a suburban area and adapting quite nicely in an area with quite a bit of activity. Hopefully they will follow through and complete the nesting cycle. If so I believe the nest will be quite visible even after the trees leaf out and we will be in for a real treat as far as observation, photography, and videography are concerned. I'm keeping my distance from the nest at this point, as I don't want to disturb them at all. The best vantage points for observation and photography are some distance away out in the cemetery looking back towards the funeral home. Here is a short clip of mamma at the nest this morning. Only a 2 Mb windows media file, may be viewable even for those with a dialup connection. http://media.putfile.com/Oak-Hill-Coopers-Hawk-Nest Rick Rick Phillips Kingsport, Tennessee =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the count 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 _____________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp _____________________________________________________________