Subject: [Tweeters] Merlin- Renton Highlands 11/12
Date: Nov 12 15:42:08 2010
From: amy schillinger - schillingera at hotmail.com
Tweeters,
Today, I was helping my mother mulch some leaves in her backyard near Maplewood Heights and heard a Merlin making quite a fuss because it was being mobbed by a crow. It likes to sit up in the top of a snag in the forest behind her house and I've seen it there several times. Cooper's Hawks and sometimes a Sharpie like the snag too. It complained loudly for about 30 seconds before flying off with the crow in hot pursuit. I haven't been able to get a scope on it yet to see the color of the bird.
Amy Schillinger
Renton, WA
schillingera at hotmail.com