Hi tweets, a _suckleyi_ merlin was in my neighborhood tonight about 6:00
at the intersection of 48th Ave. S and Dawson St. This is the first
merlin I've seen of the fall/winter season, and about two months earlier
than the past three years when I lived in the Madrona area. The merlin is
surely my fave of the 'winter crop' of birds in our area.

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Michael R. Smith
Univ. of Washington, Seattle
whimbrel at u.washington.edu
http://salmo.cqs.washington.edu/~wagap/mike/mike.html