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

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

If You Have a Couple of Hours, Copy Bill

Oct 15, 25 Wednesday. If you have a couple of hours, do what we always close the blog with - KEEP LOOKING UP! Only this time of year when you are looking at a few Turkey Vultures, take a few, minutes to determine if they are on a path to move in a SWesterly direction. If you can, watch til they get out of sight. Did they thermal a couple of times? Did they get pretty high in the sky. Did they just keep moving SW, or WEST. Did they come from pretty far in the North and just keep moving the whole time in about the same direction. Did they remain together in a group? Well, if they did all that. They probably are migrating South for the Winter. So make your self a migration book, and jot a note with the numbers. the time, the weather and the date. But be sure to make yourself a few notes of what you saw, and answer all the "dids" in your notes. Here's how we do it: (minus the notes - those are for your memories.)
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