September 19th, 2020
Victor and I found a very tame, cooperative juvenile Swainson’s Hawk this
evening on Harry George Road near Tiptonville Tennessee. The bird was
literally in the road when we found it. When we left near dusk it was in
the freshly harvested corn field near the road where it had been feeding on
something left behind by the combine, presumably a dead rodent.
We also had a subadult Golden Eagle at Jolly Landing in Lake County for a
total of 12 species of diurnal raptors for the day. The Eagle seems to be a
bit early this far South.
Ruben Stoll, Pleasantville Tennessee
