Merlin stares me down
A fun encounter with this awesome little falcon yesterday. It proved to be quite tolerant of me although like many of the critters I photograph, it did give me a…
A little falcon in the snow for Merlin Monday
One of the wintertime raptors that I have been unable to find this year, up until Saturday. Driving along, I spotted it sitting on a roadside marker so I quickly…
Top Shots 2023 – Raptors
As I do every year, I sit down and pick my personal 'top 25' of each of my photo subjects from my previous photo year (Oct - Sept). For the…
Pretty merlin hanging out
Let’s call it Merlin Monday in honor of this very cool little falcon. I usually see these guys in the winter and this past year I had some pretty good…
Backlit merlin makes an eyelevel, backlit flyby
After a noticeable dearth of seeing these cool little falcons, I have been kind of lucky recently with them. This past weekend, this merlin was alternating between perching on a…
Prairie merlin puts on a flight display
Some action pics of this beautiful raptor whose image I shared last week. As I mentioned then, I hadn’t had much luck with merlins in quite a while so was…