"Gracie" is an interesting Osprey. For at least two years she and her mate have tried over and over to build a nest on a particular TVA Transmission tower. Multiple attempts each season resulted in failure due to storms, high winds, and poor placement of the tree limbs. Finally at the end of last season, she and her mate succeed in making a basic nest. THis season she has successfully hatched chicks. On this date she grew nervous at the numbers of swallow perched on the power line above her so she flew and successfully defended her chicks and scattered the swallows to the adjacent tower. Her "motherly protection" skill were on full power this morning.