The 11 minute video is pretty amazing too - great to see the whole progression - Thanks Marv!

Matt Bartels
Seattle, WA


> On Aug 17, 2020, at 9:22 AM, dgrainger at birdsbydave.com wrote:

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

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> 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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