[TowerTalk] Hawks

[Frank Norton]

Hi Doug,

When I was a professor of medicine I worked occasional shifts in the 
Emergency Room.  All I can say is Hawk attacks are infrequent and usually 
not fatal...the worst u will probably get are a few scars.  Ah---what 
glorious stories u will have to tell!  In a way I almost envy u ur coming 
encounter with THE BIRDS!  ; o)

73 de frank kb8xu

At 08:32 PM 7/28/2001 -0400, you wrote:

>Doug:
>You should be safe if you keep a bright orange lanyard attached to the tower
>at all times. The hawk will quickly see the lanyard and realize that he
>probably cannot carry you off.  Faced with the necessity to either eat you
>there or leave you alone, he will likely opt for the latter, at least for
>several hours, until he gets hungry enough to try it. This should give you
>enough time to make your antenna adjustments, but do try to hurry as these
>hawks can be somewhat unpredictable. Good luck.
>K3MGT
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Doug Grant" <k1dg@ix.netcom.com>
>To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
>Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2001 7:23 PM
>Subject: [TowerTalk] Hawks
>
>
> >
> > I haven't been subscribing to TowerTalk until now, so I apologize if this
> > has been covered before...
> >
> > Two hawks have taken up residence >SNIP< I have seen one of the
> > hawks perched on my 40M beam. I think he may think it is HIS beam now.
> > >SNIP<
> > Anyone have experience with large predatory birds attacking tower
>climbers?
> >
> > Doug, K1DG



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