Subject: [Tweeters] Sharpie flushing food for Merlin
Date: Feb 14 13:01:55 2012
From: Dawn Bailey - dawnsdog at rainierconnect.com


Not just hawks, I have seen a barn owl follow my dogs through a field of grass and catching a small rodent. It happened on two different occasions in the same area. I have also had swallows follow my dog as he gathered sheep in the pasture, scooping the disturbed bugs.
For what it is worth.
Dawn


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On Feb 14, 2012, at 12:32 PM, Bud Anderson <falconresearch at gmail.com> wrote:

> There are records of Merlins following trains and hunting birds flushed by the engine and cars.
>
> Many species of hawks routinely follow tractors and mowers looking for flushed voles and other prey.
>
> I have no problem with the idea that Merlins will exploit anything as long as it flushes prey for them.
>
> That is the basis of falconry after all, a partnership between one or more large mammalian primates and a bird.
>
> Quite the little opportunists.
>
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