FreeLists / bristol-birds / [Bristol-Birds] Washington Co., TN Merlin

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Wed. 03 NOV 2004
Keebler Rd., Washington Co., TN
D. Holt
 Watching a flock of American Pipits on the ground at the intersection of 
Keebler Rd. and Smith Bridge Rd.this morning around 9 am, I looked up and saw 
an 
adult male Merlin hunting and scattering flocks of small birds in the recently 
cultivated fields.  Before, the area had seemed fairly empty, but soon nearly 
a thousand small birds filled the air around the Merlin.  Appearing at first 
to be following the Merlin was a Northern Harrier, floating above and behind, 
but it was soon outpaced by the falcon.  Species seen in the vicinity included:
Northern Harrier
Merlin
Kildeer
Wilson's Snipe
Mourning Dove
Horned Lark
Eastern Bluebird
Northern Mockingbird
American Pipit
European Starling
Palm Warbler
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Eastern Meadowlark
House Finch

Don Holt
Johnson City, TN
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