December 5th 2014.
A female Merlin just outside town 3 years ago today. This is a regular winter visitor but usually we only see them flash by across the road and then disappear into the fields.............this one was obligingly atop a streetlight................
I was so excited to see a Merlin in Japan but I haven't seen one in years. Nice portrait.
ReplyDeleteI only see 1 or 2 a year...........
DeleteA fine picture Stu. Could never hope to get one of our Merlins like that.
ReplyDeleteThe ones here tend to be brief flybys too.............
DeleteI had one perch in a tree just outside my classroom window for about half an hour this week...
ReplyDeleteI hope things are going well for you two. We will be back in Sapporo sometime in August/September probably for an extended period (months). We'll have to get together and spend a cold evening in a car waiting for an owl or something like that.
Already looking forward to it..............
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