FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] Merlin, etc. (Greene Co., TN)

["Donald Miller" <pandion@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

January 11, 2007
Greene County--mostly Mohawk, Midway, McDonald, and areas nearby

An hour and a half's birding in the western end of Greene County this afternoon 
produced the following:

Snow Goose (juvenile on Highway 340 at Turner Lane)
Northern Harrier (3)
Merlin (Highway 340 0.8 mile west of Highway 348)
Loggerhead Shrike (Highway 348 0.4 mile from Highway 340)

The Merlin flew from a tree beside Highway 340 and descended on a male American 
Kestrel on a wire about a fifth of a mile away, forcing the smaller bird to 
drop a rodent that it had been eating.  The kestrel attempted to force its 
attacker to give up the prey but had no success.  The Merlin picked up the 
rodent and returned to the perch where I first noticed it.  The whole thing 
took no more than about a half minute.  Quite a sight.


Don Miller
Greeneville, Greene Co., TN

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