I Think I Need a Drone with a Camera

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This morning when I went outside to shoot the sky, I noticed this clump of something in the old dead pine in the backyard. At first, I thought it was just a clump of mistletoe, but mistletoe is green at this time of year. It's really hard to get a close look at this because there are so many branches around it blocking the view. The nest appears to be made of sticks or twigs. I'm thinking it may be a hawk's nest since it's so high and since we do have hawks in this area. Can any of you bird watchers identify it? It's strange I've never noticed it before. I wonder how fast birds can build a nest like that. A little while later I went back out and saw a smaller nest, lower down and on the right. It was even less visible, hidden in even more branches. I tried to get it with the zoom lens but will have to try again tomorrow to make sure which nest I'm capturing. I took photos of both today, and because I zoomed in on them, I can't tell them apart. I think I need a drone to go up and look in that nest from the top, but I can't afford one. I probably wouldn't know what to do with it anyway. Does anyone here use a drone for photography? If so, do you know if it would work for this project?