[birdky] Campbell Co. Merlin

There has been a Merlin hanging out on the Dayton, KY riverfront since  
yesterday. It perches high in the cottonwood trees in between the Lazy  Gecko 
Restaurant at the River City Marina (formerly O'Fallon's Landing) and  Queen 
City 
Riverboats. I was able to get some very nice long, close scope  views of the 
falcon this morning. It is a fairly dark individual,  similar to the adult 
female Taiga Merlin shown on page 138 of Wheeler  and Clark's photographic 
guide to 
North American Raptors. I did get a good look  at the legs and feet and there 
is no sign of a band.
 
    To see the Merlin take KY 8 east through Bellevue  and turn left on 
O'Fallon Ave, turn right where O'Fallon dead ends and go  east on the road 
along 
the river. The parking lot for the Lazy Gecko  is on the left just a short 
distance ahead.
 
Frank Renfrow
Bellevue, KY

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