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A Merlin (Falco columbarius) perched on a brush pile in a stubble field south of Ryley, Alberta, Canada.
21 April, 2023.
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Another pic of this lovely raptor after I was able to drive a little closer. She was keeping an eye on me...
Checking the flight hardware prior to takeoff. Merlin along the main road at Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge.
I went over to Commonwealth Lake this morning; it was quite foggy when I arrived, so the light was not good. I walked around the lake a few times and saw the usual suspects: common mergansers, pied billed grebes, shovelers, wigeons, crows, red-winged blackbirds. I was over in the side area checking for snipes or rails, when a bird watcher, Peyton, asked if I had a camera (it was in the holster bag at my side, and not out). When I confirmed this, he pointed out a merlin up in a tree I had recently passed under - looking into the brush underneath, not up into the branches. So glad he did, as it's a first sighting for me.
So... There was I trying to shoot a meadow pipit in a small mixed flock of birds that landed in a field next to the drove I was walking down, when a Merlin comes whistling in and snatches it. I blew the snatch, but luckily for me, it didn't fly too far and pitched up on a post.
A Merlin (Falco columbarius) roosts on fencepost along a pasture on the south end of Beavertail Lake just east of Tofield, Alberta, Canada.
20 April, 2017.
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From Allaboutbirds: "Merlins are small, fierce falcons that use surprise attacks to bring down small songbirds and shorebirds. (They are powerful fliers, but you can tell them from larger falcons by their rapid wingbeats and overall dark tones. Medieval falconers called them "lady hawks," and noblewomen used them to hunt Sky Larks."
(Falco columbarius). This one looks to be cleaning a recently caught a Savannah Sparrow for late breakfast.
Falco Columbarius
For the first time ever, we were able to photograph a Merlin in great light and fairly close.
New Britain, PA
Merlin (Falco columbarius) is ever watchful for any danger while feeding and perched on a fence post on the prairie landscape near Elk Island National Park east of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
17 September, 2017.
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Falco Columbarius
It was a rainy, foggy, gloomy day yesterday. This little guy was perched on the big dead tree off the Nature Center parking lot.
New Britain, PA
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It seemed the female Merlin chasing another Merlin and brought back a half-eaten bird around 15 seconds later. I am not sure s if she robbed the bird from another Merlin or this is the "another" Merlin. Any idea about this behavior?
Coyote Hills Regional Park, Fremont California
An ultimately disappointing image, taken after a close encounter with a splendid male Merlin on the Isle of Man yesterday. It had been perched in a roadside tree as I drove past. I reversed the car slowly back past the Merlin and fumbled for my camera to get what could have been a dream image of this elusive falcon, no more than ten metres away, on a prominent, natural perch and against a clean background of fields. At which point it flew onto a power line, silhouetted against a dull sky and surrounded by man-made clutter! I suppose that encapsulates why wildlife photography is both so frustrating and so exhilarating.