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Monday Morning Mystery 010322
Can you I.D. this bird? Alan Pomerantz photographed it as it flew over the Celery Farm. (Thanks, Alan!)
I thought I had never seen one of these raptors at the Celery Farm, but it turns out that I did, a couple of years ago.
I still have a few Celery Farm nemesis birds — will just have to get lucky or ask for Julie McCall's help.
What is your Celery Farm nemesis bird? (I hope you see it in 2022.)
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Yes, Merlin.
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Looks like a Merlin. If he has other pictures of the head, it would be super easy to tell because you would find the Merlin âeyebrowâ. The head is not all black like a peregrine, so Iâm gonna stick with Merlin.
Donât have a ânemesisâ bird at Celery – or anywhere for that matter – but the feathered friend that tends to elude me at Celery the most is the Cuckoo.
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Yes, Merlin.
Lillian
Looks like a Merlin. If he has other pictures of the head, it would be super easy to tell because you would find the Merlin âeyebrowâ. The head is not all black like a peregrine, so Iâm gonna stick with Merlin.
Donât have a ânemesisâ bird at Celery – or anywhere for that matter – but the feathered friend that tends to elude me at Celery the most is the Cuckoo.