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Re: [TowerTalk] Red-Tailed Hawks

To: "Tower and HF antenna construction topics." <towertalk@contesting.com>, <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Red-Tailed Hawks
From: "Natan" <natan1961@frontiernet.net>
Reply-to: "Tower and HF antenna construction topics." <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 22:06:48 -0500
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Doug,

In my duties as a Paramedic, I've seen the damage a hawk can do when they
feel like it.  Contact Cornell University, Lab of Ornithology for some good
qualified advice.  Don't take a chance, particularly with a Red tail!

73,

Natan W6XR
Freeville, NY

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From: "Doug Rehman" <doug@k4ac.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 9:18 PM
To: "'Tower and HF antenna construction topics.'" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: [TowerTalk] Red-Tailed Hawks

> For years, an osprey has maintained a nest on the top of our radio club's
> 180' tower. It appears that a red-tailed hawk has claimed the nest now.
>
> We need to do some antenna work on the tower, just down from the top-
> about
> 10 feet below the nest. We know how the osprey reacted to climbers (noisy,
> flying around, but never in an aggressive manner).
>
> The research I've done indicates that red-tailed hawks lay their eggs in
> March or April, so there shouldn't be eggs in the nest yet.
>
> Does anyone have experience with red-tailed hawks while doing tower work?
>
> Thanks,
> Doug
> K4AC
>
>
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