Bird calls

[JIMRPT@AOL.COM]

There is a cell phone tower behind my shop....... the only thing between the 
tower and my shop is a small parking lot about 60 feet wide.   I really 
fussed about the darned thing going there but this thread makes me remember 
that strange things come from things we do not care for...sometimes!! :-)
 This is one of those ocassions as near the top of the tower, about 80 feet 
high, there is a wire mesh platfom for walking while working on the antennaes 
arrayed around the thingee. On this platform a family of Red Tailed hawks 
have built a nest and apparently have some younguns up there. Every day for 
the past week or so I have seen the parent birds flying to the nest with 
various and sundry creatures, snakes, fish, etc.  Beautiful sight to see a 
hawk flying with a fish with the fish turned long ways so that it doesn't 
offer too much wind resistance I suppose?  Very diligent and proud parents as 
well as tremendous fliers.  There is a large population of mourning dove 
around my shop but as yet I haven't seen any of them taken as prey. I can 
tell the difference in the two parents by their calls as one is pitched 
higher, kinda like G and G#, than the other but I can't tell which is which 
vis a vis male/female.
Jim Bryant (FL)