I’m really not a scary bird,
Don’t mean to scatter friends,
It seems though when my call is heard,
The birdsong quickly ends.
Merlin
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May 30, 2025 at 2:23 am
That’s such a great photo, Anneli! Yes, his presence will do some scattering, for sure.
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May 30, 2025 at 10:32 am
He stayed there for several minutes, giving me time to focus on him. I didn’t realize until later that he wasn’t wanting to leave the flicker he’d just killed.
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May 30, 2025 at 3:56 am
Just like Merlin the Magician, he can make other birds disappear.
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May 30, 2025 at 10:31 am
Yes, exactly!
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May 30, 2025 at 6:59 am
Mighty Merlin makes mincemeat!
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May 30, 2025 at 10:30 am
Mmm -mmm!
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May 30, 2025 at 6:30 pm
😊
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May 30, 2025 at 7:11 am
Very fitting poem for the merlin.
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May 30, 2025 at 10:28 am
Thanks, Brad. He’s a killer around here.
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May 30, 2025 at 7:38 am
Ha! That means you are a scary bird! But beautiful.
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May 30, 2025 at 10:27 am
This falcon terrifies the songbirds.
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May 30, 2025 at 7:41 am
A beautiful bird! He has no friends though.
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May 30, 2025 at 10:27 am
Not many! He eats them.
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May 30, 2025 at 11:49 am
😂😂
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May 30, 2025 at 8:34 am
It´s a very pretty bird but he looks very scary to all the birds which are smaller than him. The poem is fitting the Merlin.
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May 30, 2025 at 10:27 am
On that day, a lot of the little birds were dive bombing this merlin to try to make him go away. I didn’t find out until a few minutes after I took this picture that he had just killed a young flicker that was lying on the ground nearby.
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May 30, 2025 at 2:42 pm
A fine photo, Anneli.
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June 2, 2025 at 10:11 pm
Thanks, Belinda. Sorry I missed this comment a couple of days ago.
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May 30, 2025 at 2:46 pm
We have resident Merlin Falcons return to our city every year. We cheer their arrival and they tend to quiet the crows. Happy Friday Anneli. Allan
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June 2, 2025 at 10:12 pm
I approve of anything that “deals” with crows.
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May 30, 2025 at 9:41 pm
Fabulous!
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May 30, 2025 at 10:27 pm
Tnx, Cindy.
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June 1, 2025 at 6:23 pm
Wonderful!
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June 1, 2025 at 8:53 pm
Thanks, Jennie.
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June 2, 2025 at 4:42 am
You’re welcome, Anneli.
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June 3, 2025 at 7:23 pm
Nice shot of the Merlin – looks as though it might have recently snacked on some unlucky creature. Cute poem as well!
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June 3, 2025 at 7:44 pm
Yes, it had. I only saw it later, but it had killed a juvenile flicker. The other songbirds were divebombing the merlin bravely.
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