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[Bristol-Birds] Oak Hill Merlin - Right on Time
- From: Bill Grigsby <wgrigs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Bristol Birds List <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 20:43:17 -0500
Rick Phillip's location description is right on target. I went by this
afternoon about 4:15 PM. Located the spruce trees, but no bird. Waited
about 20 minutes, watched about a dozen crows fly westward apparently
toward their roost, then a bird flew up with falcon-like wings ----
Merlin! It was still there when I left 30 minutes later. Immediately
after it flew up to the branch, it scraped it beak on the branch. This
is the same thing that is done after a bird leaves a suet feeder. Could
it have been having dinner just prior to returning to its perch? Brian
Wheeler's book indicates that a likely prey is the House Sparrow. It
might have just come back from Pal's.
Great instructions. Thanks, Rick.
Bill Grigsby
Kingsport, TN
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