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help for ID

Post by Killerbunny » Sun Nov 13, 2022 1:52 pm

This juvenile something turned up yesterday. Likely hunting the sparrows that sit under the truck. Smaller ? sharp shinned? Just saw the pointy wings so Merlin???
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Re: help for ID

Post by Farrier » Sun Nov 13, 2022 4:39 pm

Swainson's?
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Re: help for ID

Post by Killerbunny » Sun Nov 13, 2022 5:23 pm

Whatever, it can have as many sparrows as it likes LOL!
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Re: help for ID

Post by Killerbunny » Sun Nov 13, 2022 6:30 pm

Farrier wrote:
Sun Nov 13, 2022 4:39 pm
Swainson's?
Checked this out at Cornell and it's not that - wrong shaped wings. Leaning towards the Merlin.
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Re: help for ID

Post by Farrier » Mon Nov 14, 2022 7:28 am

No real perspective, how big is it? A merlin/sparrow hawk is not very big.
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Re: help for ID

Post by Killerbunny » Mon Nov 14, 2022 8:04 am

It is maybe 10" which would fit. It wasn't until it flew off I could see the pointy wings. Also has an eye stripe. It sits on the tiller now. We did have a pair around here.
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Re: help for ID

Post by Ontario Chick » Mon Nov 14, 2022 10:19 am

I thought maybe it was like the one we had, but not exactly...
Falcon on the fence....
I think you are right @Killerbunny looks like Merlin
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Re: help for ID

Post by Killerbunny » Tue Nov 15, 2022 6:45 am

Well it seems to sit happily on the bar above one of the coops and pick off sparrows so I'll call it Pest Control!
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Re: help for ID

Post by Ontario Chick » Tue Nov 15, 2022 12:48 pm

It seems fairly late fo a juvenile, I noticed the wild turkeys brought off second (possibly 3rd) clutch, still fairly recognizable youngsters by the size, I wonder how they will manage once the real cold hits ?
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Re: help for ID

Post by Killerbunny » Tue Nov 15, 2022 1:02 pm

Ontario Chick wrote:
Tue Nov 15, 2022 12:48 pm
It seems fairly late fo a juvenile, I noticed the wild turkeys brought off second (possibly 3rd) clutch, still fairly recognizable youngsters by the size, I wonder how they will manage once the real cold hits ?
My turkeys are still laying and the girls are trying to breed. I've broken up a couple of broodies already!
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Beltsville Small White turkeys.
Mutt chickens for eggs
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RIP little Muppet the rescue cat.
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