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

Rehab/Release

Alix Parks, Sherry Turner Teas and team.
 
You may send donations to Happinest c/o Alix Parks at:
 
(This is a State and Federally Permitted
 Wildlife Rehabilitator & Raptor Specialist Center),
  Located at                      
 920 Glamis Circle,  Signal Mtn., TN   373777  
      423- 847-5757  
    
   Released:

Tuesday 2/20/2018
An Immature Red-tailed Hawk
named FAWN
at Soddy Daisy Health Care Center
in honor of the Rehab staff
Honoring Rehabbers

Click on the caption to read the story.


Saturday 9/16/2017
5 Broad-wings
4 Immature birds and 1 Adult

Post links for this event:
see all the pictures -

A Wonderful Watch Celebration

Catching Up

Celebration Day Counts

More Celebration Day Pictures



 
Saturday 9/17/2016
Male/Female pair
Austin and Ashleigh, Broad-winged Hawks
Ashleigh - Female BW Hawk


Austin - Male BW Hawk

 
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     Thursday 10/2/14, about 2:30pm
   Pucara, the Broad-winged Hawk



Immature Broad-winged Hawk
 

 
Alix gets the hawk's attention, encouraging it to bite her glove,
while the visitors carefully stroke its soft feathers.

 










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9/29/14 Alix Parks and Sherry Teas  brought us a Red-Shouldered Hawk, ready for release, after rehab.  Originally from Athens, TN, for which Alix named him.  He was certainly ready to fly to freedom. Alix first let visitors spend time touching and photographing the bird. And we shared details that make a Red-Shouldered identifiable from the air.
 
Released:
 Sunday, 9/29/14 - 2:00pm -
*Red-shouldered Hawk*
 
 
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Sherry Teas looks on in anticipation of releasing this bird.
 

  
 



 
 
Sherry Teas prepares to release "Athens"
 

 
Release!!!

 

 
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 On Sept, 23, 2012, 
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Alix brought us a Red-tailed Hawk, which was ready for release after 2 weeks of rehab.  Alix Parks and Wayne Robertson, facility volunteer Rehabers, brought her to the Hawk Site to bring awareness to the program and release a healthy bird.  Thanks so much for the wonderful experience.
 
Lou Ann from Nashville, TN

  


 
 
Her belly band is low on her torso.
 
 
Release.
 
 More of this beautiful Juvenille Red-tailed Hawk:
 
Before releasing her, Alix examined her feathers closely, making sure all her necessary feathers were in place.
 








Wayne Robertson
   


 
 
Belly Band and speckled legs, w pure white breast.
 
This hawk was a  hatched one year bird, and had been in rehab for 2 weeks.  Her beak retained evidence of her injury but she demonstrated it's strength by latching on to Alix's glove and hanging on!  That and the fact that she had been properly eating, and flying to catch her food in her rehab enclosure assured Alix that she was ready to go back into the wild.  She had no difficulty catching the wind and flying along the ridge below my ablility to catch her with a release picture.  She went to trees nearby, where Blue Jays and Crows had no difficulty noticing there was a new girl in town.   
 

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