That video of the merlin showering is priceless! Loved it...!


On 2020-08-17 05:34, Marv Breece wrote:

> On a Sunday in late April, many birding locations were not accessible

> due to the coronavirus. So I drove the streets of Tukwila thinking

> what to do next. I heard what I thought was a small piece of a Merlin

> vocalization. After thirty minutes of searching, I laid eyes on a

> pair of Merlins. A few minutes later, a likely nest came into focus.

> And it was less than a mile from home!

>

> Over the following weeks, I visited the nest multiple times and shot

> videos of several stages of the Merlin reproductive process. I have

> just completed an 11 minute summary which may viewed on youtube at:

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmFtLHWdhg8

> For those of you for whom a Merlin is just another bird, a shorter

> video of season highlights:

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5d0CimGnyg&t=17s

> On August 1, the juvenile male Merlin decided to take a shower in a

> lawn sprinkler next to where Kim McCormick and I just happened to be

> standing. That day deserved a video of its own:

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=je0ySAgX4E0&t=18s

> I wonder where they'll nest next year...................

>

> Marv Breece

> Tukwila, WA

> marvbreece at q.com

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