Female Merlin in June Lake

[Joe Blommer]

Thursday afternoon 2/29/24 I observed a female Merlin grab a bird from our deck in June Lake. It landed in a nearby tree so I was able to look at it closely with binoculars and identify it in my field guide. It flew away before I could photograph it. I’ve never seen a Merlin here before. From my field guide this area doesn’t appear to normally be in their range.

Joe Blommer

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