Merlin Chasing Crow
This is my first falcon sighting of 2022. While doing some urban photography, I saw this falcon land atop a tall spruce. I thought it was a Merlin from a brief flight view but it did not look like one in the cheap binos in the car, so I took some record shots.
As I was photographing the falcon, a crow innocently flew over but the little falcon was infuriated by the flyover and immediately initiated the chase (here). I hurried the record shot through a "key hole" in a foreground tree, as you see from the branches.
Merlin Chasing Crow
This is my first falcon sighting of 2022. While doing some urban photography, I saw this falcon land atop a tall spruce. I thought it was a Merlin from a brief flight view but it did not look like one in the cheap binos in the car, so I took some record shots.
As I was photographing the falcon, a crow innocently flew over but the little falcon was infuriated by the flyover and immediately initiated the chase (here). I hurried the record shot through a "key hole" in a foreground tree, as you see from the branches.