I stepped out on my deck this afternoon to take my dog out to do her business and a small raptor flew into my yard. As it landed I noticed its pointed wings so I knew it wasn't a sharp-shinned. I immediately assumed merlin. I slipped quickly inside to get my binos to confirm and that is what it was, an adult bird.
This was a new yard bird for me and they are hard to come by. I'm also in the Bloomington CBC circle, so the merlin will make the count week list. I also have a power line right-of-way two houses down and have a pair of red-tailed hawks that have been hanging out together on one of the poles. Kind of unusual to see a pair hanging so closely together in the winter. Deanne Endrizzi River Hills area, Burnsville ____________________________________________________________ NetZero now offers 4G mobile broadband. Sign up now. http://www.netzero.net/?refcd=NZINTISP0512T4GOUT1 ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
