[TowerTalk] Red-Tailed Hawks

[Tom Osborne]

Hi Doug

Don't know about your location, but here in Oregon, the Red Tailed Hawk is 
on the endangered species list.

Harming one, a chick or eggs, will get you a HEFTY fine.  You might want to 
check with some one in Fish and Game and let them know it's there.

When I worked in the woods for Weyerhaeuser, someone fell a tree with a 
RTH's nest in it and our company was in deep doodoo.  They thought about 
just not saying anything about it, but found if they didn't and some one 
found out, they would be in deeper doodoo.   73
Tom W7WHY



> 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