A bird giving me the bird! How rude! 😀 Okay, not really, it was just scratching but it sure looks like this cool falcon was letting me know it didn’t want a camera shoved its face.
This was a fun encounter on Saturday. My friend spotted it and we initially thought it was an American kestrel but once we got closer, we realized it was this less common raptor.
In medieval times, merlins were a favorite of falconers, particularly noblewomen, that called them “lady hawks.” Catherine the Great and Mary Queen of Scots famously hunted with them.
