On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 7:20 AM John Confer wrote:
> Hi Suan,
>
>Thanks for posting that.
>
>Mammals are rarely captured by Merlin, but not never. Adults often
> remove the tail and head before they bring it to nestlings. That has been a
> frustration when I tried to identify prey, which
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Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin nest GIAC
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Stopped by GIAC this evening, one merlin (couldn't
Stopped by GIAC this evening, one merlin (couldn't tell if parent or young)
was perched visibly until my attention caused it to hop behind some
branches. They can definitely tell who's paying attention and who isn't,
like the few dozen parents watching the ongoing basketball game.
Anyhow, last Fri
Thanks for this intriguing report.
It reminds me of a bald eagle nest I saw in the middle of Hamilton, NY, a town
about 1 1/2 hrs east of Ithaca.
This July 3, I saw three grown bald eagle chicks getting ready to fly, sitting
on branches around the nest, one even tried a short round flying arou
