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Offline RCF

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Re: ID Help: American Kestrel
« Reply #7 on: August 20, 2010, 23:12 »
Quote from: bcbird on August 20, 2010, 22:59
The bottom picture is a merlin, isn't it?

I am no expert, but there were three of them all together making a lot of racket and I took the pics in a ten minute time frame.  I guess the woodpecker was just a bonus.  ;D
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Re: ID Help: American Kestrel
« Reply #6 on: August 20, 2010, 23:06 »
Quote from: bcbird on August 20, 2010, 22:59
The bottom picture is a merlin, isn't it?
Quote from: photosbydennis on August 20, 2010, 22:57
I agree with Eagle...Nothern Flicker perched next to a Northern Kestral...strange !

Thank you both for the ID.  I went and looked at some pics on the web and can see the difference in the Kestrel and Merlin.  So I guess there are Kestrels in my neighborhood.  8)
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Re: ID Help: American Kestrel
« Reply #5 on: August 20, 2010, 22:59 »
The bottom picture is a merlin, isn't it?
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Re: ID Help: American Kestrel
« Reply #4 on: August 20, 2010, 22:57 »
I agree with Eagle...Nothern Flicker perched next to a Kestral...strange !
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Re: ID Help: American Kestrel
« Reply #3 on: August 20, 2010, 22:30 »
Yep it is a Northern Flicker next to the American Kestrel or Merlin. Looks more like a Kestrel to me because of the darker mustache it has.
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Re: ID Help: American Kestrel
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2010, 19:25 »
Both my husband and I agree it is very like the Northern Flicker we have here in BC, so perhaps that's your bird? 
That is a great picture of a merlin, RCF!
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ID Help: American Kestrel
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2010, 18:47 »
This is not really a Merlin question, but there are Merlins with a juvie where I live.  I took some pictures today and I was just wondering if anyone could help me decide what type of bird is sitting beside the Merlin?   It looks like a woodpecker to me.  ???





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