This morning I checked out Standifer Gap Marsh, hoping to find the merlin that Libby Wolfe and Bruce Dralle ahd reported. I did observe a red-tailed hawk perched in a tree. There were several gadwalls and teals in the front pond and a female Northern harrier flew from the marsh and began diving at them. The red-tail joined in and drove the harrier off. On my way out I observed a red-shouldered surrounded by crows in a tree on the north side of the marsh. I checked back at SGM later in the afternoon and finally located the merlin. [url= https://flic.kr/p/qq5KZd][img]https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8585/16025086754_0a793101fd_c.jpg[/img][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/qq5KZd]DSC_0878a[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/people/76628146@N05/]hbvol50[/url], on Flickr -- Hugh Barger
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