[Bristol-Birds] Another Merlin at Kingsport
- From: "Rick Phillips" <sunfish0501@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 14:12:57 -0500
About 5 minutes ago (2:00 pm, 01/17), an immature or female Merlin came
through my yard on Tranbarger Drive in north Kingsport and snatched a Pine
Siskin off the bird feeder. The Merlin then flew up to a telephone pole and
began eating the bird. I ran to get my camera, but by the time I came back
outside our resident American Crows had chased the off the Merlin. Merlin
flew off towards Lynn Garden Drive still carrying the Pine Siskin. This is
not the same Merlin we have been seeing this winter at Oak Hill Cemetery.
That only Merlin I've seen at Oak Hill this winter is a male.
Rick Phillips
Kingsport, Tennessee
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