FOS Merlin at Glendale

[Roy Adolphson]

Tonight (9-30) I saw my first Merlin of the season at Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines.  It was atop the spruce with the forked top in Block 20 from 7:00-7:04 p.m.  Sunset was at 6:57, but I was unable to get there sooner because I had something in the oven.  I did not see which way it flew when it left because I was trying to dig out my camera.  

Doug Harr said that he saw a Merlin at Glendale two weeks ago today before 7:00 p.m. when he came down to speak at the Des Moines Audubon meeting.  I have been checking several times a week since then, but this is my first sighting.

Roy Adolphson

Polk County (DSM)