At 4:45 as I drove south along Tripphammer past the mall I noticed a medium sized raptor perched on snags across from the car wash. I pulled into the car wash and with my binoculars ID'ed it as a merlin (bluish-gray back, weak mustache). When I switched from binoculars to camera it flew away.
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