[Tweeters] More Merlins...

[Steve Hampton]

I'll add that a pair of Merlins nested and successfully fledged one young
at the Port Townsend Golf Course recently, in the tall trees near the
clubhouse. Though the juv is fully flighted, they still hang in the area
and the juv loudly chases the adults, begging to be fed. Here's some pics
and a long audio-recording from several weeks ago; this may have been the
day it fledged, hence all the commotion.

https://ebird.org/checklist/S91440719

I believe their main prey item has been swallows.

good birding,



On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 8:40 PM Doug Santoni <dougsantoni at gmail.com> wrote:


> I had houseguests visiting a week ago, and while dining on our patio (in

> Madison Park in Seattle, adjacent to the Arboretum), a Merlin landed toward

> the top of our neighbor’s large evergreen.  I see them in migration and

> occasionally in the winter, but it was nice to have a summer visit!

>

> Doug Santoni

> Seattle, WA

>

>

> On Jul 28, 2021, at 8:08 PM, Scott Atkinson <scottratkinson at hotmail.com>

> wrote:

>

> Like Rachel I too had a very dark Merlin on Monday, in n. Everett nearing

> the northbound on ramp for the 528 bridge.   My second over the last couple

> months in the area, notable as most summers don't seem to produce any.

>

> Scott Atkinson

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Steve Hampton
Port Townsend, WA
*Qatay, S'Klallam territory*
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