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help for ID
Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2022 1:52 pm
by Killerbunny
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
Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2022 4:39 pm
by Farrier
Swainson's?
Re: help for ID
Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2022 5:23 pm
by Killerbunny
Whatever, it can have as many sparrows as it likes LOL!
Re: help for ID
Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2022 6:30 pm
by Killerbunny
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.
Re: help for ID
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2022 7:28 am
by Farrier
No real perspective, how big is it? A merlin/sparrow hawk is not very big.
Re: help for ID
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2022 8:04 am
by Killerbunny
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.
Re: help for ID
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2022 10:19 am
by Ontario Chick
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
Re: help for ID
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2022 6:45 am
by Killerbunny
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!
Re: help for ID
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2022 12:48 pm
by Ontario Chick
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 ?
Re: help for ID
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2022 1:02 pm
by Killerbunny
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!
