The pair landed just off my back porch in my rural home west of Berthoud. I did not have in my brain the differentiation factors for Sharpies, Coopers and Merlins for the 20 seconds before they left. In studying afterwards I am pretty sure they were Sharpies because the tail feathers, when perched, did not show any rounding (uniform length across the feathers of the tail). They certainly seemed more "chubby" than the descriptions of Merlins. >From looking at ebird sitings in the area and the frequency counts it is hard to make a judgment.
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