This Merlin was on this fence post for more than a few minutes.
After finishing its meal off it went.
They are pretty little birds. They used to call them Pigeon Hawks
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Curmudgeon wrote:
They are pretty little birds. They used to call them Pigeon Hawks
We used to call them Sparrow Hawks here in Michigan.
They’re kinda like the Jack Russell Terrior of the bird world.
Very nice pics, Howlynn!
Curmudgeon wrote:
They are pretty little birds. They used to call them Pigeon Hawks
Thank you Jack, this one was giving me some nice tail fans.
I see them sitting on the same power lines as Rock Pigeons.
BassmanBruce wrote:
We used to call them Sparrow Hawks here in Michigan.
They’re kinda like the Jack Russell Terrior of the bird world.
Very nice pics, Howlynn!
Kestrel used to be Sparrow Hawk, Merlin was Pigeon Hawk and Peregrine Falcon was Duck Hawk. I really liked those names better
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