[TN-Bird] Cooper's Hawk nest site
- From: "Ron Hoff" <aves7000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "TN-bird" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 21:07:03 -0400
TN-birders,
Last Saturday at Sharp’s Ridge, we ran into an old TOS member, Maurice Grigsby.
After chatting a while, he mentioned that he saw a raptor coming in to a pine
tree at the bottom of Sharp’s Ridge, on Ludlow Rd. We went down that way and
found a Cooper’s Hawk sitting on a nest.
Location: Coming down from Sharp’s Ridge, bear left at the first “Y”, and this
becomes Ludlow Ave. You will come to a railroad track. Just past the railroad
track (going towards Broadway), there is a large pine tree on the right, mixed
in with other deciduous trees. Stop below this tree and look up near the top.
The nest is obvious and near the main trunk. There is a large limb that goes
off to the left, but the nest in on the main, straight trunk. It’s only about 5
feet from the top of the tree.
Nothing much happening at Eagle Bend fish hatchery in Anderson County lately.
Some Solitary and Spotted sandpipers, but not much else. We did have a pair of
Orchard Orioles there this morning. All the ponds are full, so very little
shorebird habitat available. No Wilson’s Snipe today, after having them there
for almost a month now.
Great birding,
Ron Hoff and Dollyann Myers
Clinton, TN
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