SITE DESCRIPTION

SITE DESCRIPTION:
"The Soddy Mountain hawk lookout is located in southeast Tennessee on the eastern face of Walden's Ridge (the Cumberland Escarpment) in Hamilton County, a short distance north of the town of Soddy-Daisy, TN. It lies at the eastern terminus of Jones Gap Road atop a bluff overloooking Hwy. 111 and the beautiful Tennessee River Valley to the east. The hawk lookout location is state-owned land, and there are currently no restroom or eating facilities nearby. Hawk watchers are advised to bring their own folding lawn chair, sunscreen, a hat, and drinking water, as well as binoculars and a field guide. Caution should be used at all times, especially if children are present, as there is no fence to prevent a fall off the nearby 75 foot bluff. The hawk lookout proper is level ground." *

No Shelter is available, and parking is on a level below the lookout grounds. The climb to the watch site is up a steep bank about 8' high. Other helpful tools might include an umbrella or spotting scope, although on a good day, you might not find time to use either.*

Courtesy of William G. (Bill) Haley, compiler and author of the brochure, Soddy Mountain Hawk Lookout, produced for TOS.

Red-tailed Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk
Falconer Mr. Johnson's Red-tail

Friday, December 15, 2017

Monthly Stats/ HawkCount Charts

2017 All Wrapped Up!!!

I am posting the Hawkcount Charts all at once for each of the 4 months of the 2017 Fall Season: 

I updated the finals on the sidebars, and need to finalize  the Stat's from the Past page to include this year's numbers.


 
 





























These are the Grand Totals for all the Soddy Hawk Counts:
 
FALL SEASONS
1993 - 2017

BW HAWKS
- 64,095 -
ALL RAPTORS
- 86,615 -
 
 
These are the breakdowns in order of when each raptor was first seen:
 
RAPTORS
In order 1st seen
BW 2275
OS 21
BE 21
NH 13
SS 133
AK 9
UF 1
PG 17
CH 20
ML 10
RS 6
RT 34
TV 338
NG 1
BV 29
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SEASON FINALS!!!
TOTAL - 2928
 

This year's totals came within 15 birds of the 2004 count, of 2943, and is 25 more than the 2013 count of 2903.  Here are the breakdowns of species and hours on those counts for comparison by numbers only. 
 
            2004      2013       2017
OS          16          10           21
BE           27           25          21
GE          2               1              0
NH          33            4            13
SS           361         50          133        
CH          67          19            20
NG           0               0             1
RS           30            8              6
BW     1997        2660         2275 
RT         154           39            34
AK            15            3               9
ML              7             0             10
PG             8             4              17       
TV            207          78          338      
BV              14            0             29
UN ID           0            2               1           
TOTAL    2943        2903       2928          
HRS           331     129.75      286.75
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My closing today will be a spiritual reference rather than a physical one but remains the same -
May you and your families always
 
KEEP LOOKIN UP!!!
 
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!
And may you all have a super opening to the NEW YEAR!
         
 
 
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