If it was blasting thru, mostly horizontal (and often quite low), at 80
mph, then peeling up into the sky, it was a Merlin. One nearly hit me in
the head the other day in my backyard as I was coming around the corner of
the house.


On Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 7:12 PM HAL MICHAEL <ucd880 at comcast.net> wrote:


> I don't think that Kestrel would be viewed as any sort of threat by most

> birds. Maybe a Merlin, if you got the general sizes right.

>

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> > On 02/22/2023 7:07 PM Catherine Alexander <cma at squeakyfiddle.com> wrote:

> >

> >

> > This morning caught a flash of flight out of the corner of my eye and

> followed the bird for about 30 sec before it dove out of sight.

> >

> > You know that thing that happens when you see something you don't quite

> understand? This was it. The flight was swallow like - nimble and quick.

> The bird, only in silhouette and in the company of a crow and some

> starlings, was closer to the size of a starling and again, swallow like in

> form. I remember sharp, narrow, longish wings and it cutting through the

> air like an acrobat, but this time not swallow like and so incredibly fast.

> It dropped out of sight just as I blinked.

> >

> > The weird thing was that it flew right next to the crow and that crow

> immediately peeled off in a different direction.

> >

> > Could it have been a Kestrel?

> >

> > Catherine Alexander

> > Lakewood Neighborhood

> > South Seattle

> >

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