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

Thursday, December 12, 2024

Hawkcount final spread sheet for 2024

This is the final tally and December's Totals for 2024 in a clip from Hawkcount.org, where we record our Data officially With the Hawk Migration Association of America. Also I put up a clip of the Rolling Totals I keep on the right side bar of the blog, (when in Computer version) that identifies the daily totals updates as we add them, always listed in order first seen. It is a great counter to help both myself and Jimmy notice errors in the count. I can double ck myself on Hawkcount, or can tell Jimmy if I catch an error from my end. In the end the numbers should always match. Thirdly, I am putting up a clip of the Grand Totals Box for this year compared to last year, which helps us further keep a double ck. Because if the totals don't add up when added to last years count there is an error somewhere. I will add this years totals to last years Grand to see if it matches with my running totals as logged in our paper record. So counts are verified 4 ways when documented.
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