Glendale Merlins

[Roy Adolphson]

Tonight (11/22) I observed four Merlins at the same time around sunset (ss 4:49) in Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines.  One was in the tall spruce in Block 15 from 4:44 to 5:00 (I did not arrive before 4:44).  One was in the spruce in the NE corner of Block 21 until about 5:00.  One was in the scraggly ash tree in Block G from about 4:50 to 5:00, and one was briefly in a spruce in Block 16 around 4:50 and then went to the big burr oak in Block H, where it sat until 5:11.  Friday (11/21) I only found one Merlin at this time under heavily overcast skies.  It was in a large deciduous tree in Block A of the Masonic section near the circular roadway, a new venue for me.

Roy Adolphson

Polk County (DSM)