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D. Holt
Corby Bridge Rd., Washington Co., TN
12-01-03

This morning around 10 am a raptor flew across the road in front of my car as I 
traveled south from Corby Bridge nearing the intersection with Wilholt Rd. (Old 
Jonesboro Rd. in Delormes Gazeteer)  It looked like a small falcon (I had just 
been watching a Kestrel hover nearby) but it was flying only 2 to 3 ft above 
the ground as it crossed the open fields.  I quickly glassed it and when I saw 
the slaty blue back and slate and black barred tail with no rufous anywhere I 
realized it was a Merlin.  As it disappeared over the rise, a flock of Kildeers 
flew up ahead of it and left the area, followed shortly by a flock of Pipits.

Don Holt
Johnson City, TN
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